Through the “Moon Sniper” module, a device developed by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, the Asian country will seek to mark history this Friday.
Japan will try to reach Moon through the Moon Sniper module and will seek to become the fifth country to reach space lands with a “smart sniper,” a tool developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency which serves as a precision lander.
Since 2023, Japan has tried, with postponements involved, to carry out this type of expedition. “Moon Sniper” got its name because the JAXA seeks to place it precisely within a range of 100 meters from a given point on the Moon, below the normal range of several kilometers.
The module, which contains a rolling probe developed by a toy company, The descent towards the Moon will begin at midnight from Friday to Saturday and, if successful, it will place the Asian archipelago in the select group of countries to achieve a controlled landing on the Earth’s satellite.
With its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission, Japan seeks to be the fifth nation to achieve a successful moon landing after the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India.
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Landing on the Moon: what the “Moon Sniper” method consists of
He Intelligent Lander for Lunar Research or SLIM (for its acronym in English, Smart Lander for Investigating Moon; in Japanese) consists of a lunar lander and rover developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) with the aim of demonstrating precision landing technology.
It was developed to be used, initially, in mid-2021, but complications in missions of such caliber led to repeated postponements until September 6, 2023at which time it was successfully launched from the Tanegashima Space Center.
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When will Japan reach the Moon?
The descent of this ship, nicknamed Moon Sniper (lunar sniper, in Spanish) by the JAXA space agency, will begin at midnight on friday to saturday in Japan. If the plan goes as planned, the moon landing should occur 20 minutes later.
The spacecraft must be positioned within a hundred meters of the reference point fixed on the surface of the satellite, a much narrower margin than the usual landing zones of several kilometers.
Japan tries regain prominence in the aerospace sector after two lunar missions and several failed rocket launches.
Source: Ambito
