Individuals elevate their fingers after a profitable moon touchdown by the Sensible Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), in a public viewing occasion in Sagamihara, south of Tokyo, Japan January 20, 2024.
Kim Kyung-hoon | Reuters
Japan staked a declare amongst nationwide area powers on Friday, as its SLIM spacecraft reached the lunar floor.
The nation’s SLIM lander launched in September and touched down on the lunar floor round 10:20 a.m. ET, in line with telemetry readings by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Company, or JAXA. Engineers have been checking the standing of the spacecraft shortly after its touchdown.
The feat makes Japan the fifth nation to land on the moon, following Russia (then the Soviet Union), the U.S., China and India. Final 12 months, India joined the record of moon landings with its Chandrayaan-3 mission.
Japan’s SLIM, which stands for “Sensible Lander for Investigating Moon,” is a cargo analysis mission. It carries a wide range of scientific payloads, together with an evaluation digicam and a pair of lunar rovers.
An artist’s rendition of the SLIM lunar lander on the moon’s floor.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Company
The SLIM lunar lander earlier than launch.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Company
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