back to article Japan abandons SLIM hopes its lunar lander will revive, ends Moon mission

Japan's Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) has ended operations of the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) that it landed on Earth's sole natural satellite in January. JAXA pulled the plug last Friday and announced the end of the mission on Tuesday. SLIM landed on the Moon on January 19 and used its autonomous systems to …

  1. Joe W Silver badge
    Pint

    Things went sideways...

    ... still: great work!

  2. John Robson Silver badge

    Massively overacheived

    Given that it was never expected to survive a lunar night, even if it had landed upright.

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