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Voltaire Staff

Japanese explorer enters lunar orbit, moon landing on Jan 20




Japan’s lunar explorer SLIM, which seeks to achieve the feat of landing within 100 metres of its intended target, has entered Moon’s Orbit, Japanese space agency has said.


According to a press release by JAXA, the explorer is expected to land on January 20. If it misses this date, the next landing opportunity would be around February 16.


The SLIM, or Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, was successfully launched on September 6 along with XRISM, a powerful X-ray space telescope.