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Scientists hoped the "Moon Sniper" could land within 330 feet of a specific spot, and it touched down 180 feet from its target, Japan's space agency said.

Japan’s space agency said Thursday that its first lunar mission hit the tiny patch of the moon’s surface it was aiming for in a successful demonstration of its pinpoint landing system — although it appears to be sitting upside-down.

Japan's lunar lander ended up standing on its nose after its historic touchdown on the surface of the Moon, images appear to show.

Scientists hoped the "Moon Sniper" could land within 330 feet of a specific spot, and it touched down 180 feet from its target, Japan's space agency said.

JAXAs Moon Sniper successfully landed within 100 meters of a target site, much more precise than the standard goal of several kilometers in typical moon missions.

The landing mishap means the craft’s solar panels are facing the wrong direction and cannot generate power.

Japan's moon lander achieved an unusually precise touchdown within 100 m (328 feet) 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 what it called a "pinpoint" moon landing will revitalise a space program seeking to overcome setbacks as it moves to capture a bigger role in space by partnering with ally the United States to counter China...

The image was taken by a shape-changing robot that was partly developed by a toy company and ejected during touchdown.

The landing mishap means the craft’s solar panels are facing the wrong direction and cannot generate power.

Tokyo, Jan 25 (EFE).- Japan’s latest space probe, which made Japan the fifth country in the world to successfully land on the moon, carried out the most precise space landing to date, after managing to land about 55 meters from its target, the Japanese Aerospace Agency said Thursday. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or …