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

Japan’s space agency released on Jan. 25 the first photo of its lunar probe making a successful moon landing ... Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to develop the palm-size LEV-2.

ISAS is an arm of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). “The probe made a successful soft landing on the moon. It has begun transmitting signals back to Earth and is generally ...

Firefly's Blue Ghost mission is snapping stunning photos on its way to a lunar landing attempt. They show a new era of moon ...

The JAXA team expected SLIM to study and ... It's the most precise landing compared to previous moon missions that typically aimed for flat areas at least 10 kilometers (6 miles) wide.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. After a successful landing on the moon on January 19, Japan’s SLIM (Smart Lander for ...

Japan’s most recent venture to the Moon — and JAXA’s first attempt at a lunar landing — was the so-called Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission, which launched in early ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency popularly known as 'JAXA' has confirmed that its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) will make its landing on the Moon this Friday (January 19).

but JAXA also hopes it will provide insights into the moon's origins. So far, three countries – the United States, Russia, and China – have succeeded in landing spacecraft on the moon.