Japan has successfully achieved a soft landing on the Moon with its SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) spacecraft, also known as 'Moon Sniper', becoming the fifth country in history to do so. The mission, which marks a significant milestone in space exploration, has faced a challenge with the spacecraft's solar cells running out of power. Despite this issue, the accomplishment underlines Japan's strategic role in the new space race and has garnered congratulations from various nations, including India. The precision landing capability demonstrated by SLIM, being able to land within 100 meters of a target, represents a potential transformation in space exploration. Notably, Takara Tomy, known for the Transformers toys, contributed its expertise in miniaturization and weight savings to the project.
Japan reached the moon. https://t.co/tFXyGeF0Gs
Japan landed a spacecraft on the moon Saturday, an attempt at the world’s first “pinpoint lunar landing.” The milestone puts Japan in a club previously occupied by only the United States, the Soviet Union, India and China. https://t.co/YvDiTNxuAn
Japan joins an elite club by landing on the moon. What are others doing? https://t.co/xxPve6J672
Huge game changer: A landmark test of beaming solar power to Earth from a satellite has concluded successfully after a year-long mission. The Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1) project launched on 3 January last year with the goal of demonstrating the feasibility of one day…
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Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ follows Chandrayaan-3 to make historic landing but suffers major issue #Japan #SniperMoon https://t.co/BEZ0aL2BfL
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Prime Minister @narendramodi congratulated Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida (@kishida230) for JAXA's first soft Moon landing https://t.co/XZd9Q9T8G2
Japan lands on Moon https://t.co/soBJNgpVl5 https://t.co/Bq4D0dynyv
Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram is now a landmark on Moon #Chandrayaan3 #VikramLander #moon https://t.co/ow6xmQ85wZ
Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ follows Chandrayaan-3 to make historic landing but suffers major issue #Japan #MoonSniper https://t.co/BEZ0aL395j
"India Looks Forward To Cooperation": PM Modi On Japan's Soft Landing On Moon https://t.co/urb96O53CR https://t.co/30UkVeZsXJ
Japan’s SLIM spacecraft has the potential to transform space exploration. Whereas conventional landers touch down on the Moon within a range of tens of kilometres, it has shown it is able to land within 100 metres of a target https://t.co/yoAf6GTB5a 👇
PM Modi congratulates Japan on its first soft Moon landing https://t.co/m25iZabDMw
Congratulations Prime Minister @Kishida230 and everyone at JAXA on achieving Japan’s first soft Moon landing. India looks forward to our cooperation in space exploration between @isro and JAXA. https://t.co/lvQ99iltDH
Japan achieves successful Moon landing with SLIM spacecraft https://t.co/k5QKRnSLUu https://t.co/iAdjXyW0iy
Congratulations to @JAXA_en on their successful landing on the Moon's surface! This soft landing of SLIM, the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, marks the first time Japan has successfully landed on the Moon, becoming only the 5th country in the world to land on the Moon. https://t.co/vC8NON5Tq6
Japan makes history as spacecraft lands on the moon https://t.co/xpOo6gMnxN
NASA Probe Shoots Indian Moon Lander With Laser https://t.co/5jalbL67kl
Japan ichiban. “Takara Tomy, inventor of the Transformers toys, brought its ‘knowledge of miniaturization and weight savings’ to the moon landing project along with the know-how to build mechanisms that transform.” https://t.co/kuBeliqEyJ
A Japanese mission has succeeded in landing on the #moon, but likely won't last for more than a day due to an issue with its solar cells. https://t.co/tE54wBbj6y
'A fantastic mission in many respects' Space Expert, Andy Lound, details what will be happening on Japan's moon mission as they become the fifth nation to touch down. 🔓 Become a GB News Member: https://t.co/mNsRsGC8ef https://t.co/yF6mFVCfEC
🚀 Japan on Saturday became the fifth nation to achieve a soft lunar landing, but said its "Moon Sniper" spacecraft was running out of power due to a solar battery problem. https://t.co/ZGz2O7dLKK
Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon https://t.co/xmPLdTZilB
Earth rising over the Moon 📹filmed by Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya (timelapse)JAXA/NHK https://t.co/a7DqnTKtVL
Japan’s SLIM spacecraft has successfully made a “soft landing” on the Moon. The feat underlines the strategic role of the country, a staunch ally of America, in the emerging new space race https://t.co/Dw1Txv6Rwt 👇
This historic test of NASA's new laser reflector sets the stage for easier object tracking on the Moon. https://t.co/GpKqLPyOUZ
#Japan's #SLIM "moon sniper" landed on the Moon but it faces a major issue. https://t.co/uRIRq391SH
From today’s lunar landing probe by Japan https://t.co/pGfBM8yGQs
The Moon is the property of the United States, but we will allow Japan to land on the Moon too. 🇺🇸🇯🇵 https://t.co/OsZotbv7UA
Congrats to Japan for their first moon landing! Only the 5th country to do so, following the US, Russia, China and India in this critical milestone. More moon capable countries and programs LFG!! https://t.co/vgZErFkx26
Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday. https://t.co/FoB2FnG1iX