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The technology that enabled SLIMs precision moon landing could assist future touchdowns by allowing spacecraft to land in relatively small areas amid rocky or uneven terrain.

Photo taken by a mini-rover showed the boxy yellow lander sitting intact at a slight angle

Philippine Canadian Inquirer Japan is now the 5th country to land on the Moon – the technology used will lend itself to future lunar missions News

Japan's moon landing is a significant achievement despite a problem with SLIM’s solar cells, which might limit the mission's length.

The technology behind Japan’s successful lunar landing could help future spacecraft land in small areas amid rocky terrain, says this Georgia Institute of Technology professor.

Japan is one of several countries that weren’t part of the space race of the 1950s and 1960s looking toward the Moon. They’ve now become the 5th country to have landed on its surface.

Japan becomes only fifth country to land on lunar surface

Japans SLIM lander touched down on the moon today (Jan. 19), notching a huge success for the nation. But SLIMs life may be quite short, as its solar panels arent working.

Japan makes history with tense, successful moon landing Japan's SLIM “Moon Sniper” spacecraft made a successful lunar landing Friday, making the country just the fifth to robotically land on the moon.

Japan followed the US, Soviet Union, China and most recently India in achieving the feat