so yesterday I decided to communicate for a while and then take a break again," JAXA's post continued, appearing to be playfully impersonating the lander. Related: Japan's SLIM moon lander ...

The close encounter was "a historic first of its type for a Japanese private, commercial lunar lander," according to ispace.

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

Japan’s SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) was turned off to preserve power levels. The reasoning, JAXA shared, was because the solar panels were facing westward, away from the Sun.

JAXA said on the social media platform X that ... its operation a month after its February landing, while an Indian moon lander failed to establish communication after touchdown in 2023.

There's a lot less sky and a lot more moon in view for Firefly Aerospace's "Ghost Riders in the Sky" mission.

For four days, the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM—which landed on the ... communication with the command center at JAXA on Earth. A black-and-white photo transmitted soon after ...

Among their accomplishments was documenting the historic landing of JAXA's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe, making Japan only the fifth country to land an unmanned spacecraft on ...

An artist's impression of how the lander might look on the Moon's surface Japan may yet manage to salvage its Moon lander, the country's space agency Jaxa says - if sunlight hits it in the right ...

Firefly's Blue Ghost lander, originally scheduled to lift off in late 2024, is on its maiden voyage. The uncrewed spacecraft is expected to travel for 45 days before trying to touch down in early ...

Preparations for the uncrewed lunar lander built and operated by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace to enter the moon's orbit ramped up Feb. 8 with a propulsive maneuver known as a "trans lunar injection." ...