The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon — aka the SLIM ... Agency (JAXA) have nicknamed the probe their "moon sniper." There was one big problem, though: The robot landed upside-down.

While most previous probes have used landing zones about 10 kilometers (six miles) wide, SLIM ... upside down. After a few days of data analysis, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA ...

After the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) re-established ... Sora-Q - which was ejected from Slim moments before touchdown - showed the lander face-down on the lunar surface.

Among their accomplishments was documenting the historic landing of JAXA's Smart Lander ... in diameter shows that SLIM landed on the surface on Jan. 20, but upside down. “ ...

Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has officially ended the SLIM moon mission after failing to reestablish contact with the lander since April. As part of the Artemis III mission ...

Jaxa produced this render of Slim to show the awkward landing orientation that pointed the solar cells away from the Sun Japan's Moon lander has resumed operations after being shut down for a week ...

A change in sunlight direction later allowed it to send pictures back but it shut down again as lunar night fell. Jaxa said at the time that Slim (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) was not ...

Japan's space agency, Jaxa, has confirmed Slim spacecraft's response to commands from Earth, demonstrating its resilience during the harsh lunar nights. Despite a nose-down landing, Slim fulfils ...