The SLIM Moon Landing: a Partial Success that Opens Up New Perspectives

On Jan. 19, 2024, at 3:30 pm UTC, Japan became the fifth nation in the world to succeed in placing its object on the lunar soil: the tiny lander SLIM


On Jan. 19, 2024, at 3:30 pm UTC, Japan became the fifth nation in the world to succeed in placing its object on the lunar soil: the tiny lander SLIM

On Sept. 6 a JAXA's H-IIA rocket lifted off from Japan carrying two important missions: the SLIM lunar lander and the XRISM X-ray space telescope
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