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Indian CubeSat to Travel to the Moon Soon on Japanese Lander
India’s HEX20Labs has partnered with Japanese firm ispace for a mission to send a CubeSat into lunar orbit. Scheduled to launch on ispace's M2 mission, the Indian CubeSat will ride aboard the lander Resilience, aiming to orbit the Moon and conduct critical technology testing. This mission signifies a major stride in India’s cislunar exploration...
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Japan's Moon Lander Put To Sleep After Second Ultra-Chilly Lunar Night
Japan's valiant Moon lander was put to sleep again after unexpectedly surviving its second ultra-chilly long lunar night, the space agency said Monday.
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Japan Lander Wakes Up Again, Survives Another Freezing Two Weeks On Moon
Japan's unmanned Moon lander woke up after surviving a second frigid, two-week lunar night and transmitted new images back to Earth, the country's space agency said Thursday.
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Japan Moon Lander "Comes Back To Life" After 2-Week Lunar Night
Japan's Moon lander has produced another surprise by waking up after the two-week lunar night, the country's space agency said Monday.
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Japan's Moon Lander Regains Power A Week After Successful Lunar Landing
Japan's Moon lander has resumed operations, the space agency said on Monday, indicating that power had been restored. After it landed on January 20, JAXA had said that problems with the craft's solar batteries meant they were not generating power.
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Japan's Spacecraft Makes Successful Pin-Point Landing On Moon
Japan's "Moon Sniper" craft landed around 55 metres (180 feet) from its target, the country's space agency said Thursday as it released the first images from the mission.
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Japan's "Moon Snipper" Short On Power After Successful Lunar Landing
Japan on Saturday became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon but the probe was not generating solar power, its space agency said, during a mission to prove a "precision" landing technology and revitalise a space programme that
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"Moon Sniper": Japan Eyes Lunar Legacy As SLIM Embarks On Touchdown Mission
"The start of the deceleration to the landing on the Moon's surface is expected to be a breathless, numbing 20 minutes of terror," said Kenji Kushiki, the subproject manager of the SLIM mission, in a statement.
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Japan's "Moon Sniper" Lander Successfully Enters Lunar Orbit
Japan's SLIM space probe entered the Moon's orbit on Monday in a major step towards the country's first successful lunar landing, expected next month.
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ISRO Congratulates Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency On Successful Launch Of Lander Mission To Moon
The Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX) is a collaborative venture between JAXA and the Indian space agency.
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Japan 'Moon Sniper' SLIM Lunar Spacecraft Launched Into Space Two Weeks After Chandryaan-3 Moon Landing
Japan on Thursday launched its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar exploration spacecraft as it looks to become the fifth country to land on the surface of Earth's only natural satellite. The launch comes two weeks after Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the Moon, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency start the landing by Febru...
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Watch: Japan Launches 'Moon Sniper' Mission
Japan launched on Thursday a rocket carrying what it hopes will be its first successful Moon lander, live footage from the country's space agency showed.
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Explained: Japan's Moon Landing Mission And Why It Was Deferred Again
Japan's space agency on Monday postponed the planned launch of what it hopes will become the first Japanese spacecraft to land on the moon due to strong, high-altitude winds.
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Japan's Ispace Says Bid to Make First Commercial Moon Landing Failed After Likely Crash
Japan's ispace said its attempt to make the first private moon landing had failed after losing contact with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander when it unexpectedly accelerated and probably crashed on the lunar surface.
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Japan Lunar Lander Likely Crashed On Moon: Company
An attempt by Japanese start-up ispace to become the first private firm to put a lander on the Moon has ended in failure, the company said Wednesday.
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Indian CubeSat to Travel to the Moon Soon on Japanese Lander
India’s HEX20Labs has partnered with Japanese firm ispace for a mission to send a CubeSat into lunar orbit. Scheduled to launch on ispace's M2 mission, the Indian CubeSat will ride aboard the lander Resilience, aiming to orbit the Moon and conduct critical technology testing. This mission signifies a major stride in India’s cislunar exploration...
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Japan's Moon Lander Put To Sleep After Second Ultra-Chilly Lunar Night
Japan's valiant Moon lander was put to sleep again after unexpectedly surviving its second ultra-chilly long lunar night, the space agency said Monday.
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Japan Lander Wakes Up Again, Survives Another Freezing Two Weeks On Moon
Japan's unmanned Moon lander woke up after surviving a second frigid, two-week lunar night and transmitted new images back to Earth, the country's space agency said Thursday.
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Japan Moon Lander "Comes Back To Life" After 2-Week Lunar Night
Japan's Moon lander has produced another surprise by waking up after the two-week lunar night, the country's space agency said Monday.
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Japan's Moon Lander Regains Power A Week After Successful Lunar Landing
Japan's Moon lander has resumed operations, the space agency said on Monday, indicating that power had been restored. After it landed on January 20, JAXA had said that problems with the craft's solar batteries meant they were not generating power.
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Japan's Spacecraft Makes Successful Pin-Point Landing On Moon
Japan's "Moon Sniper" craft landed around 55 metres (180 feet) from its target, the country's space agency said Thursday as it released the first images from the mission.
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Japan's "Moon Snipper" Short On Power After Successful Lunar Landing
Japan on Saturday became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon but the probe was not generating solar power, its space agency said, during a mission to prove a "precision" landing technology and revitalise a space programme that
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"Moon Sniper": Japan Eyes Lunar Legacy As SLIM Embarks On Touchdown Mission
"The start of the deceleration to the landing on the Moon's surface is expected to be a breathless, numbing 20 minutes of terror," said Kenji Kushiki, the subproject manager of the SLIM mission, in a statement.
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Japan's "Moon Sniper" Lander Successfully Enters Lunar Orbit
Japan's SLIM space probe entered the Moon's orbit on Monday in a major step towards the country's first successful lunar landing, expected next month.
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ISRO Congratulates Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency On Successful Launch Of Lander Mission To Moon
The Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX) is a collaborative venture between JAXA and the Indian space agency.
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Japan 'Moon Sniper' SLIM Lunar Spacecraft Launched Into Space Two Weeks After Chandryaan-3 Moon Landing
Japan on Thursday launched its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar exploration spacecraft as it looks to become the fifth country to land on the surface of Earth's only natural satellite. The launch comes two weeks after Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the Moon, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency start the landing by Febru...
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Watch: Japan Launches 'Moon Sniper' Mission
Japan launched on Thursday a rocket carrying what it hopes will be its first successful Moon lander, live footage from the country's space agency showed.
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Explained: Japan's Moon Landing Mission And Why It Was Deferred Again
Japan's space agency on Monday postponed the planned launch of what it hopes will become the first Japanese spacecraft to land on the moon due to strong, high-altitude winds.
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Japan's Ispace Says Bid to Make First Commercial Moon Landing Failed After Likely Crash
Japan's ispace said its attempt to make the first private moon landing had failed after losing contact with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander when it unexpectedly accelerated and probably crashed on the lunar surface.
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Japan Lunar Lander Likely Crashed On Moon: Company
An attempt by Japanese start-up ispace to become the first private firm to put a lander on the Moon has ended in failure, the company said Wednesday.
