Japan's SLIM moon ... touched down on the lunar surface on Jan. 19 in the most precise lunar landing in history. Despite making a pinpoint touchdown, the craft accidentally landed upside down ...
in a successful demonstration of its pinpoint landing system — although the probe appears to be lying upside-down. Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when the Smart ...
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 ...