Japan moon lander enters lunar orbit

If successful, the touchdown would make Japan only the fifth country to have successfully landed a probe on the Moon, after the United States, Russia, China and India.

The lunar probe "SLIM" was unveiled in June 2023 at the Tanegashima Space Centre in Minamitane Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, south-western Japan. (AFP)

By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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TOKYO - 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

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Japan moon lander enters lunar orbit

If successful, the touchdown would make Japan only the fifth country to have successfully landed a probe on the Moon, after the United States, Russia, China and India.

The lunar probe "SLIM" was unveiled in June 2023 at the Tanegashima Space Centre in Minamitane Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, south-western Japan. (AFP)

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