Japan becomes fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon

Journalists watch a live streaming of the pinpoint moon landing operation by the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) ...
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Real-life transformer on the moon: How Japan's tiny SORA-Q robot changed shape and explored the lunar surface

A tiny robot no bigger than a baseball has quietly rewritten the rules of moon exploration. In January 2024, Japan's space agency JAXA successfully deployed a transforming rover named SORA-Q onto the ...

Animation Of Japan's SLIM Lunar Lander To Moon

JAXA small lunar landing demonstrator "SLIM ". Watch how it travels to the moon's surface in this animated explainer. Credit: JAXA ...
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Two Years Later, We’re Finally Learning How a Transformers-Inspired Rover Fared on the Moon

On January 19, 2024, a tiny, spherical rover called SORA-Q arrived on the Moon and unfurled itself into two halves to deploy wheels on each side. The miniature-sized robot, which could fit snugly into ...
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Japan Thinks Swarms of Transformer Robots Could Explore the Moon

A tiny robot developed by Japan's space agency operated autonomously on the moon for more than 100 minutes and sent a series of images back to Earth. Exploring the moon’s surface lays crucial ...