What is Smart Lander for Investigating Moon?
[[File:SLIM half scale model (cropped).png|thumb|right|200px|A half-scale model of SLIM]] '''Smart Lander for Investigating Moon''' ('''SLIM''') is a [[Moon landing|lunar lander]] mission of the [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency]] (JAXA). The lunar lander came to the Moon in January 2024.<!--As of January 29, 2024, the lunar lander is still (doing things or) operating.--><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68125589|title=Japan: Moon lander Slim comes back to life and resumes mission|date=29 January 2024|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> Systems on the lander are known to have (operated or) been working, as late as April 2024. As a result of the lunar landing, [[Japan]] became the 5th country to soft land on the surface of the Moon.<ref name=CNNi-20240119-15h30> {{cite episode |airdate= 19 January 2024 |network= CNN International |series= Connect the World with Becky Anderson |title= 15h00-16h00 GMT }} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/19/japan-counts-down-to-moon-sniper-landing-on-lunar-surface |title= Japan counts down to 'Moon Sniper' landing on lunar surface |date= 19 January 2024 |publisher= Al Jazeera |access-date= 19 January 2024 |archive-date= 19 January 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240119110013/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/19/japan-counts-down-to-moon-sniper-landing-on-lunar-surface |url-status= live }}</ref> ==History== It was successfully launched on 6 September 2023 at 23:42 UTC (7 September 08:42 Japan Standard Time). It entered orbit around the Moon on 25 December 2023, and landed on 19 January 2024 at 15:20 UTC.<!--As a result, [[Japan]] became the 5th country to soft land on the surface of the Moon.--><ref name=CNNi-20240119-15h30> {{cite episode |airdate= 19 January 2024 |network= CNN International |series= Connect the World with Becky Anderson |title= 15h00-16h00 GMT }} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/19/japan-counts-down-to-moon-sniper-landing-on-lunar-surface |title= Japan counts do