Japanese probe entered lunar orbit before landing
- December 25, 2023
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The Japanese lunar landing module SLIM (Smart Lander for Lunar Exploration) entered lunar orbit before landing on Earth’s moon on January 20. This was reported by Kyodo News,
The Japanese lunar landing module SLIM (Smart Lander for Lunar Exploration) entered lunar orbit before landing on Earth’s moon on January 20.
This was reported by Kyodo News, as reported by Ukrinform.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) hopes that SLIM’s successful precision landing will mark a transition from the era of “landing where we can” to “landing where we want” for future lunar missions that may include space exploration. This.
It was stated that if the landing is successful, the agency also hopes to help elucidate the origin of the Moon by analyzing the composition of the rocks.
If SLIM misses the “window of opportunity” to land on an Earth satellite on January 20, the next landing opportunity will be around February 16.
In an environment where global competition in space is intensifying, Japan plans to become the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the Moon’s surface after the Soviet Union, the USA, China and India.
As reported by Ukrinform, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans to conduct the first landing of the unmanned SLIM probe on the Moon in the country’s history on January 20.
Photo: Kyodo News
Source: Ukrinform
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