Japanese lunar lander SLIM successfully landed on the Moon. reported Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
“SLIM has landed and is on the surface of the Moon”the agency said during the live broadcast.
The landing was carried out on the visible side of the moon in the small crater of Scioli. The main task of the landing module is to develop technology for high-precision landing of vehicles from a planned point on the lunar surface.
SLIM (from English Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) is a Japanese automatic station that includes a landing module and two lunar rovers, one of which weighs only 250 grams. The station is equipped with cameras, and its computer is equipped with neural networks that work similarly to a facial recognition system. This will allow us to obtain new data about the craters and topography of the Moon. In addition, it is capable of measuring the content of iron and other elements in the soil. The device was launched on September 7 from the Tanegashima Cosmodrome.
Japan landed a spacecraft on the Moon for the first time, becoming the fifth country to do so.
JAXA previously began developing Japan’s first methane-powered rocket engine.
