The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s moon lander has been spotted by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
On January 19, 2024, at 10:20 a.m. EST, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) successfully touched down on the lunar surface. Just five days later, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) passed over the landing site and captured images of SLIM. The LRO snapped the photo from an altitude of…