A Japanese spacecraft made a historic “pinpoint” landing on the surface of the moon at the weekend, the country’s space agency has said, but there is a slight snag: the images being sent back suggest the probe is lying upside-down. Japan became only the fifth country to put a craft […]
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[Source] An image of Japan’s historic Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) spacecraft, which successfully reached the moon last week, revealed that it landed on its head. About the image: The photo released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows SLIM upside down on the lunar surface, as captured […]
The SLIM lander on the surface of the moon, in an image taken by a rolling rover JAXA/Takara Tomy/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University Japan’s moon lander has sent back its first images. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) landed on the moon on 18 January, and now its operators at […]
Japan’s moon lander nailed its tricky, “pinpoint” touchdown on the lunar surface, officials from the country’s space agency announced Thursday, but a newly released image revealed that the spacecraft became overturned in the process. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, known as JAXA, confirmed that the mission achieved its goal of […]
HELSINKI — Japan’s SLIM lander achieved its goal of an accurate moon landing moon with only one of two main thrusters operating, JAXA stated Thursday, while a small rover returned an image of the spacecraft. SLIM made a precise landing at 25.24889 East, 13.31549 South on the slope of Shioli […]
(Bloomberg) — China pledged to improve the environment for foreign firms, the head of Japan’s biggest business lobby said after a sitdown with Premier Li Qiang, a sign of Beijing’s latest effort to lift sentiment. Most Read from Bloomberg “It was a meaningful meeting,” Masakazu Tokura, chairman of the Japan […]
TOKYO (AP) — Weather officials in Japan predicted more heavy snow Thursday, a day after nearly 800 vehicles were trapped for hours on an expressway in central Japan. The 6-kilometer (4-mile) traffic jam happened after two trailers got stuck in the snow Wednesday, forcing soldiers to come in and help […]
Women in Japan have been permitted to take part in an ancient ceremony, known as the naked festival, for the first time in the event’s history, albeit with modifications. Every February, thousands of men dressed in next to nothing take part in the hadaka matsuri at a Shinto shrine in […]