Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), lunar lander mission, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan

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Smart Lander for Investigating Moon on Wikipedia

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H-IIA launches XRISM and SLIM

Sep 7, 2023

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’s H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 47 (H-IIA F47) launched the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) and the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex, at JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, on 6 September 2023, at 23:42:11 UTC (7 September, at 08:42:11 JST).
Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)
H-IIA F47 launches XRISM and SLIM

H-IIA, expendable launch system

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SLIM’s first images of the Moon

Dec 25, 2023

JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) was successfully inserted into lunar orbit on 25 December 2023, at 07:51 UTC (16:51 JST). SLIM orbit will be adjusted until mid-January for a planned landing on the Moon on 19 January 2024.

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Article "Watch Japan's SLIM spacecraft land on the Moon today"
JAXA's SLIM spacecraft is aiming for 'pinpoint' accuracy to see in a new era of lunar exploration.


by Iain Todd
January 18, 2024

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SLIM landing on the Moon

Jan 19, 2024

JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM, 小型月着陸実証機) successfully landed on the Moon, on 19 January 2024, at 15:20 UTC (20 January, at 00:20 Japan Standard Time). SLIM landed around the Shioli crater, near Mare Nectaris (“Sea of Nectar”) on the near side of the Moon

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Article "Japan's SLIM moon craft short on power after successful lunar landing"

by Kantaro Komiya and Joey Roulette
January 20, 2024

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SLIM landing on the Moon - Onboard camera view

Jan 25, 2024

JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM, 小型月着陸実証機) successfully landed on the Moon, on 19 January 2024, at 15:20 UTC (20 January, at 00:20 Japan Standard Time). Images from the navigation camera (CAM-PX) show its landing descent trajectory. Photo taken by CAM-PX immediately after landing shows the surrounding area.

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Article "Japan's SLIM probe regains power more than a week after moon landing"

by Kantaro Komiya
January 29, 2024