Moon Landing

SLIM Lunar Landing

Shioli Crater, Lunar Surface H-IIA 202 | XRISM & SLIM

JAXA's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) will attempt to land on the surface of the Moon.

Updates

LL2 • Jan. 19, 2024, 1:57 p.m.

Livestream has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 5, 2023, 6:46 a.m.

Updated planned landing time.

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H-IIA 202 | XRISM & SLIM

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Japan
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Sept. 6, 2023, 11:42 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), formerly the X-Ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (XARM), is a replacement for the Hitomi satellite that malfunctioned few weeks after the launch. Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) is a lunar probe that will target a landing on a small crater in Mare Nectaris, an area located near the moon's equator on the side facing Earth.

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