Japan's SLIM Spacecraft Achieves Historic Precision Lunar Landing

Despite landing upside down, JAXA remains hopeful for mission recovery as two deployed rovers continue operations.

Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) spacecraft successfully landed on the moon, making Japan the fifth nation to achieve a soft lunar landing.
SLIM landed within 55 meters of its target, demonstrating unprecedented precision in lunar landing technology.
Despite the successful landing, SLIM ended up upside down, causing its solar panels to face away from the sun and preventing power generation.
Two small rovers, LEV-1 and LEV-2, were successfully deployed from SLIM before landing and are currently operating as planned.
JAXA is hopeful that SLIM's solar panels might be able to absorb enough sunlight to generate power and recover the mission when the sun's angle changes.