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Japan says SLIM spacecraft successfully made ‘pinpoint’ moon landing

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The probe lost power two hours and 37 minutes after its touchdown on Saturday.

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A still from a Jaxa live stream shows landing data as Japan attempted to put SLIM on the moon on Saturday. (Jaxa/AP pic)

TOKYO:
Japan achieved an unprecedented “pinpoint” moon landing within 100m of its target, its space agency said today, after its probe SLIM’s touchdown on Saturday made Japan the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) also said it received all data about the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)’s landing in the two hours and 37 minutes after the touchdown and before the probe lost power.

SLIM’s solar panels have been unable to generate electricity likely because they were angled wrong, but a change in the sunlight’s direction could power it up again, Jaxa said.

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