SLIM
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The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) is a Japanese lunar lander that was launched in 2023-Sept-6 alongside the XRISM observatory. Its main purpose is to demonstrate precision landing within 100 m of its target site. On 2024-Jan-19, although it had problems during the final descent, it survived a relatively rough landing near Shioli Crater, making Japan the fifth country to land successfully on the Moon.
The SLIM lander photographed by the LEV-2 rover, upside down on the surface, 2024-Jan-19
View of the landing site as seen by the LRO, 2024-Jan-24
One of the final images taken by SLIM, showing lunar sunset on its landing site, 2024-Feb-1
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