JAXA small lunar landing demonstrator "SLIM ". Watch how it travels to the moon's surface in this animated explainer. Credit: JAXA ...

Japan's lunar lander still powers away 3 months later. What to know about SLIM mission An image the spacecraft managed to beam back to Earth on Tuesday serves as a vital indication that the device ...

Jan. 22 (UPI) --Japanese space officials said on Monday that they hope the lunar lander that arrived on the moon's surface on Friday will regain power once the sun hits the spacecraft's solar ...

JAXA said it's not clear if the craft will work again after another severely cold lunar night. The SLIM landed about 55 meters (60 yards) away from its target, in between two craters near the ...

The uncrewed Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, mission landed just after 10:20 a.m. ET Friday (12:20 a.m. Saturday Japan Standard Time), according to telemetry data shared on JAXA’s ...

Japanese aerospace and robotics company iSpace has announced why it believes its recent attempt to land its Resilience spacecraft on the moon failed. It was all reportedly down to a misfiring laser ...

JAXA's design team needed to create a lunar probe that was small and light enough to ride to the moon along with the main lander, and also simple and robust enough to work on the rocky, sandy surface.

Japan’s SLIM lunar lander stuck the landing—upside down Despite the inverted arrival, JAXA gives its ‘Moon Sniper’ a ‘perfect score.’ By Andrew Paul ...

JAXA’s SLIM lander ended up in a rather awkward position on the Moon. Image: JAXA The SLIM lunar lander unexpectedly sprung back to life after hibernating during the freezing lunar night ...

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on Monday that its historic Smart Lander for Investigating Moon has defied the odds—after surviving a brutal, two-week lunar night while ...

The uncrewed Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, mission landed just after 10:20 a.m. ET Friday (12:20 a.m. Saturday Japan Standard Time), according to telemetry data shared on JAXA’s ...