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If Japan’s “Moon Sniper” is able to restore power, it could collect unprecedented information from surface craters in a lunar region south of where Apollo 11 landed.

Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, touched down on the Moon early on Saturday.

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Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has spotted Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) that landed on the lunar surface last week.

Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has spotted Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) that landed on

Science News: Nasa has unveiled images taken by one of its satellites of Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) on the lunar surface after it succeeded in making a pinpoint landing.

The journey of “Moon Sniper,” the robotic explorer that has made Japan only the fifth country to put a spacecraft safely on the lunar surface, hasn’t gone quite as expected.

The US space agency published the below images (presented in a gallery) showing its appearance on the Moon, as seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter from roughly 50 miles above the surface on January 24th. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) made Japan the fifth nation to make a soft landing on the Moon, although an unfortunate malfunction rendered it without power in a matter of hours.

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