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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan achieved an unconventionally precise moon landing within a few meters of its target, the space agency said on Thursday, after the nation became the fifth to put a spacecraft on the moon with the weekend touchdown of its SLIM probe. Japan hopes the demonstration of the precise landing technology will revitalise a space programme hit by recent setbacks, as it moves to capture a bigger role in space by partnering with ally the United States to counter China. The Japan Aeros...

TOKYO, Jan 25, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Japan's "Moon Sniper" craft landed around 55 metres (180 feet) from its target, the country's

Washington DC (UPI) Jan 22, 2024 - Japanese space officials said on Monday that they hope the lunar lander that arrived on the moons surface on Friday will regain power once the sun hits the spacecrafts solar cells from the west.

Probe’s landing makes Japan fifth country in world to put spacecraft on Moon

Japan's space agency JAXA has said its SLIM moon probe successfully landed on the lunar surface within 100 meters of its intended touchdown target.

Japan captures a bigger role in space by partnering with ally the United States to counter China.

A Japanese explorer that recently landed on the Moon touched down around 55 meters from its target site, the country's space agency says, underscoring that its mission to land with unprecedented precision has been accomplished.

TOKYO -- Japan's space agency on Thursday confirmed a successful pinpoint touchdown of its lunar lander but released an image of the craft resting ups

Japan's "Moon Sniper" craft made a pin-point lunar landing despite last-minute engine problems, the space agency said Thursday as it released the first images from the mission."SLIM succeeded in a pin-point soft landing... the landing point is confirmed to be 55 metres away from the target point," space agency JAXA said on Thursday.

Japans "Moon Sniper" craft made a pin-point lunar landing despite last-minute engine problems, the space agency said Thursday as it released the first images from the mission.