There is a competition among space agencies around the world to explore the moon. India is its recent ‘champion’, with its Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully landing on the lunar surface, that too on the Moon’s south pole. So far, four countries – America, Russia, China and India have been able to land their missions on the…
After India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission, Japan also launched its mission on the Moon on Thursday. Japanese Space Agency JAXA launched Slim Spacecraft (SLIM) for the purpose of soft landing on the Moon. The rocket named H-2A took off carrying the ‘slim’ spacecraft. The XRISM space telescope was also launched through the same rocket, which after reaching…
The Moon mission of Japan’s space agency ‘Jaxa’ will try to land on the Moon this Saturday, January 20. If everything goes according to plan, Japan will become the fifth country to land on the Moon. On September 7 last year, Japan had launched the SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) spacecraft on mission. The…
Japan has successfully managed to step on the moon. Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) vehicle landed on the lunar surface at midnight on Saturday. But due to some technical glitches in the craft, it cannot be said clearly whether it will be able to fulfill all its objectives there or not. Because the…
