Japan's SLIM 'moon sniper' lander arrives in lunar orbit for Christmas
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Thanks too Clinton for the info
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More info;
Japan moon landing features a transforming robot https://www.npr.org/2024/01/18/12253283 ... rmers-jaxa
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"Japan’s “Moon sniper” mission aims for precise lunar landing"
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/j ... r-landing/
Still waiting for any news...
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The live stream has ended predicting a press conference later.
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I see the same over on Twitter, still waiting for some official video etc.
Super cool!
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Still awaiting official confirmation as scientists continue to pore over the telemetry.
*edit* News just in, JAXA says it could take up to two hours to confirm status of SLIM lander.
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Congratulations to Japan for achieving this success, and sincere wishes for the best going forward!
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"Japan’s lunar lander reaches the moon but is rapidly losing power, space agency says"
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Yeah, the lander had two short legs and one long leg (supposedly for landing on a slope?) and I thought it toppled over after touching down, but the articles are saying some sort of engine failure/anomaly.
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"A Japanese spacecraft faceplanted on the Moon and lived to tell the tale"
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/a ... -the-tale/
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"Japan’s Slim moon lander overcomes power crisis to start scientific operations"
https://www.theguardian.com/science/202 ... os-surface
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"Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ robot explorer resumes operations on lunar surface"
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/29/asia/jap ... index.html
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At least some science and a few nice images will be returned before the night sets in and the craft is left without protection.
Not sure about the "Poodle rock" name, sounds like something the conspiracy crowd might take too literally.
Just recently they saw a human femur looking rock on Mars and that sent them into a dizzy spin!
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That was my thought when I saw the pic.
Man... That's some icky-tasting stuff!
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