The New Image of Japan’s SLIM Moon Lander: How it landed on the Moon Upside Down

[@meet-person9]

* (PS.January 29, 2024)JAPAN (JAXA) announces that SLIM is back in operation. Sunlight hits again and battery panels generate electricity to resume communications and research! First, Japan's (=JAXA's) mission this time is "success". The most important mission of SLIM this time is "pinpoint landing at the target point. JAXA was able to land at about 50 meters from the target point, so it was a "success. The data from the landing was also communicated because the attached battery lasted for several hours. This was the world's first successful "pinpoint landing," aiming for an error of less than 100 meters. It is believed that one of the two main engines lost its function and finally came to rest in a different attitude than expected, with the engine facing up and the solar cells facing west. According to JAXA, the solar cells are not facing directly down, so if their position changes with the sun and light hits them from the west, they could start generating electricity. if sunlight hits the solar cells by around February 1, which is the sunset of the MOON, power will be restored and operations can resume.

[@Golfin-s1u]

Starbucks coffee doesn't have a small(fail) cup, only a medium cup and a large cup, super large cup.😂

[@RtaniDean]

“It is believed!” Nuff typed there.

[@anjanghosh52]

Congratulations Japan for this Lunar mission, Respect and good wishes from India.

[@yoxdmy8231]

This mission was accomplished thanks to 🇮🇳 Chandrayaan-2 which provided high resolution images of the moon🙏

[@KittyCat-qg4vd]

@@yoxdmy8231 LOL WTF? You people are funny! Everything thanks to the sheethole India. LOL

[@angelohernandez6060]

Jen, your reaction when it looked like we lost some crewmembers was hilarious and precious!😂😊

[@Fj8282haha]

Well done humanity &japan ! As babies walk…. We are steps closer again! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@danapeck5382]

Thanks, great content, much appreciated

[@renecantin2448]

Beautiful video and very interesting congratulations

[@WilliamRWarrenJr]

No mention of the images of one of its engine bells sitting some distance from the lander? Or have I missed something? For a while there, it sounded like a RUD separated it from the spacecraft, leading to the crash, rather than being a result of the crash.

[@richardmungasa]

This is great. Keep up please

[@ToyotomiHideyoshiGre]

This is a lunar lander that aims to achieve a lightweight probe system on a small scale and use the pinpoint landing technology necessary for future lunar probes. The project will aim to cut weight for higher function observational equipment and to land on resource scarce planets with an eye towards future solar system research probes. The SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon) project is a mission for researching the pinpoint landing technology necessary for future lunar probes and verifying this on the surface of the moon with a small scale probe. By creating the SLIM lander humans will make a qualitative shift towards being able to land where we want and not just where it is easy to land, as had been the case before. By achieving this, it will become possible to land on planets even more resource scarce than the moon. Nowadays, there has been an increase in the knowledge of target astronomical objects and the details which should be studied have grown more specific so that high accuracy landings near the target of study have become necessary. Furthermore, a need will arise for equipping probes with higher function observational devices for future solar system research probes. Probe systems are being made lighter in preparation for this time and the reduced weight of probes will be essential so as to be able to distribute resources for observational devices. The SLIM lander aims to achieve a small scale, light weight probe system and pinpoint landing technology, in addition to contributing to future lunar probes. 小規模で軽量な探査機システムを実現し、将来の月探査に必要なピンポイント着陸技術を利用することを目的とした月着陸船。将来の太陽系探査を視野に入れ、より高機能な観測機器の軽量化や資源の乏しい惑星への着陸を目指す。 SLIM（Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon）プロジェクトは、将来の月探査機に必要なピンポイント着陸技術を研究し、それを小型探査機で月面で検証するミッションである。 SLIMランダーを作ることで、人類はこれまでのように着陸しやすい場所だけでなく、着陸したい場所に着陸できるように質的な転換を図る。これを実現することで、月よりもさらに資源の乏しい惑星への着陸が可能になる。 現在では、対象となる天体の知識も増え、研究すべき内容も具体的になってきているため、研究対象の近くに高精度で着陸することが必要になってきている。 また、将来の太陽系探査機には、より高機能な観測装置を搭載する必要性が生じている。その時に備えてプローブシステムの軽量化が進められており、観測機器にリソースを配分するためにも、プローブの軽量化は必須となる。 SLIMランダーは、将来の月探査機に貢献するだけでなく、小型・軽量な探査機システムとピンポイント着陸技術の実現を目指している。 DeepL.com（無料版）で翻訳しました。 www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/missions/spacecraft/current/slim.html

[@lance8080]

Looks a lot like the Apollo missions🇺🇸

[@wailinburnin]

Should we be starting to ask about what is different procedurally now from the Apollo project? Apollo had its failures, but these three recent missions by three separate teams have all had major glitches; Russia, USA, Japan. Realizing the attempted techniques and goals are all different, is somebody asking what is up with quality assurance in procedures or realistic achievable mission structures? Is something socially and or economically different now? Is it because the past decade has been a race to get back to the Moon?

[@aburakadabura2]

The main objective of this mission was the world's first "pinpoint landing" aiming for a margin of error within 100 meters.　This objective was successfully achieved.

[@steveabq7913]

Not good enough. You mean to tell me they didn't think of this issue a million times?

[@aburakadabura2]

@@steveabq7913 I don't care about your personal values and desires. The initial goal of the Japanese engineering team has been achieved, so it is an undeniable success.

[@tonbopro]

the Chinese have autonomous landing determination already

[@ren11270]

Of course, SLIM also has automatic landing. Although one of the main engines broke, the spacecraft was able to make a soft landing thanks to automatic landing.

[@aburakadabura2]

Latest News Solar cell that had no response Successfully Started

[@sto2779]

Are you saying the LEV-1, that tiny little thing can seriously send data to earth? That ejected camera idea is sick. Hope it's more implemented. Reminds how mars rover with it's mini cam helicopter.

[@kathleenmccrory9883]

The robots aren't capable of tipping SLIM over?

[@peterarvaszulu5069]

What is upside down was it supposed to land with it's thrusters facing the lunar surface?

[@ren11270]

The main engine was on its side, and the plan was to topple the SLIM and land. One of the main engines failed just before landing, causing the aircraft to lose its attitude. An attempt was made to right itself using automatic control, but the acceleration exceeded and the aircraft tilted 90 degrees.

[@KittyCat-qg4vd]

@@ren11270 No worry! Japan is calling it a success just like India crashed lander! LOL

[@professorg8383]

IDK, but it looks like it was a bit too top heavy. It would be cool if hey could figure out a way for it to right itself. The little mini-bots are sweet!! I like the self rolling ball. I want one!!

[@kriss67]

everywhere they are trumpeting what a great success it is and that the photos have been published. All you can see is some blurry stuff and a whole lot of animation and computer graphics

[@silvereagle2061]

What's being 'fuzzed' out center of frame?

[@rockysolid7762]

Scientists should create a tumbler base and put a joker face on the landing craft, that would be nice, at least we tell the alien we come in peace 😊

[@birrextio6544]

Maybe a rescue robot should be sent to the moon so it can turn SLIM around and fix the panels. The mission was impressive, they just had some very bad luck at the landing.

[@CrustyAbsconder]

Maybe something will happen to cause it to tip over ?

[@danmurray1143]

I bet those hopping frog robots knocked it over.

[@massimookissed1023]

It lost one of its two main engine nozzles while descending. It still managed to land softer than planned, with only 60% thrust, but its manoeuvring jets were working overtime and it was going more sideways when it touched down.

[@aewriter]

Is it weird that I want an LEV2 droid now?

[@appletv4327]

🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵 世界一の国！

[@KARMA-jr6uk]

@@appletv4327 何で？

[@vks538]

Nose dive only heard this in stock Xchange...

[@harixtr]

4:02 are you sure that it is on the south polar region???

[@RyanTaylor4real]

Why is everyone ignoring the fact that thrust is not possible in space? Breaking is not even possible in space. In Newton’s 3d law of motion, A would push on B. There is no B in space. They would have momentum from earth and then just hit the moon at full speed with no way of slowing down.

[@KittyCat-qg4vd]

Historical landing on the Moon that something has never been done before? WTF?

[@kimduong2332]

The SLIM landed on the Moon upside down, how can the rover roll out of the lander?

[@Amradar123]

Those were released before the final landing as planned.

[@yoskarokuto3553]

54 years so long..... why never even once rover send to " APOLLO LANDING SITE ? " ???

[@Amradar123]

We could but why?

[@timriley1501]

WOW, look at that, NO STARS in the sky...guess the morons thinking the original moon landing was fake should reconsider. The surface also looks VERY accurate compared to Neil Armstrong pics.

[@CosmosNut]

Sorry and I feel terrible but can't help laughing. The picture is like out of some 60's underground comic. Glad not a manned mission. Congratulations !

[@yoskarokuto3553]

very strange ? 55 years so long...why never even 1 rover send back to " APOLLO LANDING SITE ??? " 🤔🤔🤔

[@LoyalHacket]

There is nothing to research on this location... Every space agency is focusing on South pole

[@starwarsempirestrikesbacks182]

Flat earthers its all cgi

[@mherrera60]

Wow! Huge Japanese success. The USA and China should learn from Japan 😂

[@elpoiken]

Actually China landed on the moon with a lander, and brought back samples of the soil to earth, That was done back in 2020. It was called Chang,e 5 lunar mission

[@mherrera60]

​@@elpoikenBrother, I was being sarcástic 😊 China will be the next on the moon. No sarcasm.

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

First time pin point landing? Ummm, how is landing upside down a pin point landing?

[@Amradar123]

Well, it landed where it had to land, so pin point (x-y axis) The orientation of the lander (z-axis) does not affect that 😊

[@georgejacob5729]

Orientation of the lander was NOT one of the mission objectives. So it is a success. 😄 Even if the lander ended up in multiple pieces after landing, it would have been a success. 😉☺️

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

@@georgejacob5729 Success and "pinpoint landing" are two very different things.

[@georgejacob5729]

​@@The1stDukeDroklarSuccess depends on the mission objective. If "pinpoint landing" was the mission objective, then JAXA attained the mission objective, thereby success.

[@fernandocostapinto]

Where are The legs? How does It Land without legs?

[@Naranek]

So Slim landed in a rather dark area… somewhere where no sun shines… Can we call it Slim Shady already? 😂😂😂 I mean, it lays face down so we even wait for it to literally stand up 😂😂😂

[@Jovolution]

CGI, my humor.

[@midnightgamingmysticnightmare]

School drop out, the rest of the worlds humor.

[@SuperTrumpMAGA]

Ha ha ! Japan can’t make F-22 yet but Korea is making own F=22 & selling it to Poland now !😂❤ Japan needs more adv. engineers !!😂😂

[@satyamdhal389]

Japan can reach moon, can Korea do it

[@birdk3421]

Lockheed Martin manufactures the KF-21, not the F-22. I think it's impressive compared to our Japanese F-3, which hasn't even appeared yet.

[@057MU]

When did Korea become able to produce its own products? Which Korean company manufactures the engine? Is Lockheed Martin a Korean company?

[@kkb8510]

Lol imagine being proud of Korea and having that username "SuperTrumpMAGA" you think Donald Trump cares about Korea? You probably live in the US? What's the point of boasting about Korea if you live in the US?

[@BlueRage]

The tinfoil looks more realistic on the Japan fakery vs the US fakery.

[@WilliamRWarrenJr]

A penny for your thoughts ... Use it to buy a clue.

[@tomoonoguchi5888]

It's okay. There are no lizards in this picture.

[@Amradar123]

Tinfoil should only be used for tinfoil CGI- hatters who deny spaceflight ever happened or is impossible 😂

[@BlueRage]

@mrc9041 Take another vaccine.

[@GeorgeWallace-l1s]

that wasn't a success

[@Amradar123]

It made a pinpoint landing within 100 meters of the target so it is a success. It is only upside down 😊

[@vebece]

An upside down success.@@Amradar123

[@midnightgamingmysticnightmare]

Ah yes, when you don't understand the difference between pinpoint accuracy and orientation and the fact they are two completely different things.

[@Sinharvest]

Where’s the footage?! LIARS LOOOOL

[@semontreal6907]

Are you freaking serious 2 hopping robots this is a joke right

[@松葉隆行]

あれがあるから、映像が日本に届くねん。トランスフォーマーや。

[@midnightgamingmysticnightmare]

You're joking right? The gravity of the moon is 1/6th that of Earth. Meaning a hopping robot would get massive amounts of distance with almost no power used instead of slowly driving around wasting a bunch of energy. On top of that the robots were made with the ability to right themselves in any position they land in to continue studying the surface. This is actually pretty genius.

[@semontreal6907]

@@midnightgamingmysticnightmare Is there anything you won't believe?

[@midnightgamingmysticnightmare]

@@semontreal6907 LOL that's funny! Coming from someone who actually believes uneducated grade school drop outs who make up conspiracy theories on flat earth and anti moon walking physics that they couldn't understand if their life depended on it to try and make themselves feel better about how sad their lives really are. You literally are believing some of THE most uneducated people in the world because you yourself are humiliatingly uneducated and need to have an excuse to tell people so you don't feel so pathetic. When you idiots make these comments, you literally show the rest of the world how sad and pathetic you are. You need get off the internet and go back to school.

[@kkb8510]

​@@midnightgamingmysticnightmarelike like its impossible to make you believe anything, you probably also think satellites don't exist? The international space station is probably a cgi generated stuff for you too eh?

[@heyyouyayou7933]

WTF, I get better pics with my flipfone. C'mon japan ,really

[@LoyalHacket]

Is your brain dead?? They need to build a large energy capacity lander to send high quality images to earth... This lander will die if it catches just 1 hd picture.. please don't comment if you not have enough brain cells

[@smartnmacho]

Chandrayaan 3 had a landing accuracy of 2.5 Kms - Just for your reference. Good video mate.

[@KittyCat-qg4vd]

India is very good at sending space junk that ZERO scientific value.

[@MrSlanderer]

UPDATE: Power has been restored to the Lander.

[@Weird.Dreams]

UPDATE: It's all BULLSHIT.

[@KYJake42071]

Is there anything that the Japanese spacecraft can do on the moon to right itself using its thrusters in some fashion?

[@midnightgamingmysticnightmare]

No, but It honestly doesn't really need to right itself. It has two robots that it tossed out before it landed that are traveling around and taking pictures.

[@2Oldcoots]

I hope Japan uses this mission to advance that nation's capabilities in Space. Best of Luck--Vietnam Veteran.

[@christophervanasse9911]

Congrats to the scientists and the people of Japan for such an awesome achievement! Upside down or not, it’s an incredible feat.

[@jakobmuire2355]

Oh yes, yes, yes. japan has set a world bench mark for landing on the moon.

[@semontreal6907]

You actually believe this nonsense for real

[@kkb8510]

@@semontreal6907 what nonsense?

[@semontreal6907]

@kkb8510 Is the earth an open or closed system? Let's start there

[@KittyCat-qg4vd]

never been done before! Calling it minimum success. LOL Only India has done better by calling a crash a landing.

[@Amradar123]

It is alive, aaalive, AAALIIIVE!, Mwahahaha!!!! With only a slight headache

[@richardsking]

Great ❤❤❤, love Japanese space agency

[@superpooper_2030]

Yes, Indian can't stop licking

[@stuartgraca]

Is it possible for the lander to use its small jet motors to turn the craft or flip it when and if the batteries get powered up

[@aguywhodoesstuff1116]

I think it did

[@makarandvaidya-q2w]

U hv not mentioned abt Chandrayaan India’s moon mission… in this context, especially South Pole region

[@MarkAMMarrk]

I appreciate your videos, but you are ignoring the fact that Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean landed the Apollo 12 Lunar Module, Intrepid a mere 535 feet (163 meters) from it's target, the previously landed robotic Surveyor 3. This was only the 2nd moon landing, still in 1969, and should be recognized and remembered, especially considering the limited level of 1969 automation. This was achieved by PEOPLE, using pencils, and a highly skilled and trained crew. Give credit where credit is due!

[@CosmosNut]

Don't forget - drafting tables and slide rules !!!!

[@arthurs5704]

Don’t know why everybody is amazed by Japan ,India’s and chinas moon landings. All this was done 60 years ago ago by ranger ,surveyor and 6 manned landings using 3 rover vesicles and 12 USA astronauts. No wait that was all fake

[@InPericulisAudax]

Sure they did 👌

[@Thomazz420]

where was the studio in Nevada or Washington? 🤣🤣🤣

[@midnightgamingmysticnightmare]

@@Thomazz420 What grade did you drop out of school?

[@yoxdmy8231]

1:17 LEV-2 “Sora-Q” weights only 250g, not 1.5kg

[@AlessandroGastaldi-r3d]

Do you know what is the pressure on the moon that lev2 has detected?

[@yoxdmy8231]

@@AlessandroGastaldi-r3d Lev-2 has no pressure sensor, only gyro sensor, as far as I know

[@AlessandroGastaldi-r3d]

Thank you

[@browntrout4003]

made one by Takara Tomy100year old Japanese toy manufacture, Lev2 called SORA Q in Japan now available sale at Toy store in Japan😊

[@susanwilson6505]

What about making the bottom round and weighted with thrusters out on the sides so if that happens again make the weighted after bottom where it can’t fall on solar panel, then have retractable legs to plant it by shooting them forcefully down after stabilizing. Then both robots will be able to eject as well.

[@TauDel]

Too heavy. Adding extra thrusters to the sides in case this specific problem happens again wouldn’t be economical.

[@susanwilson6505]

@@TauDel I was thinking move the thrusters to the sides above the ground exclusively. Not add any extra. And the weight in the bottom will be mostly equipment but add whatever so it can’t land on the solar panels. Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down. It can work

[@dantheman9852]

All animated bs thanks though.. very cool story

[@jamesdmyrick5809]

I gotta say, I love the cgi, I sure wonder how they managed to send live footage in 69.

[@meet-person9]

*JAPAN (JAXA) announces that SLIM is back in operation. Sunlight hits again and battery panels generate electricity to resume communications and research! (January 29, 2024)

[@5AHW9999]

Next time, we should send Toyota Land Cruiser robo to the moon. As a sub- driver, let's use condemned criminal. Tesla sent sports car to the space... wait a minutes.. where is that Tesla now?

[@2HighNoon]

I wonder if they can manage to fire a thruster to maybe tip it back.. 🤔 Remember gravity is way different so it could be possible to nudge it back over since it’s on its nose. Just depends on how much thrust in a direction they want and if they can activate them at all still. 🤔

[@2HighNoon]

Worth a shot anyways or worth exploring if it’s possible.

[@user-zu5ew8jv5x]

The side thruster have only 20N which is not enough to roll the SLIM again. Also if SLIM could rolled , it might damage to other stuff like camera or scanner.

[@2HighNoon]

@@user-zu5ew8jv5x when everything is lost, it’s always interesting to consider there’s nothing to loose. 🤷‍♂️ Great chance to learn something and try maybe saving it. 🤷‍♂️ If it were at all possible that is. A let’s do it and see what happens.

[@PChan-yt4uf]

It looks like a turtle on its back.

[@2HighNoon]

@@PChan-yt4uf 😅 true true lol

[@danmurray1143]

Let me get this straight, Japan put hopping robotic frogs on the Moon?

[@birdk3421]

Transformers and Zoids

[@Inoue_Kou]

The narration in this video is incorrect. The LEV-2 weighs 250g and has a diameter of 8cm. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIiYhpKOhJKAo5Ysi=8OPRrLPOScSmfUJs

[@gs-nt6nf]

An Alien could easily walk over to it and turn it over. We just have to be able to send a message to the aliens.

[@yunusjhon651]

To make upside not down it be bound with certain ballon which can blow up from turning down causes upside.

[@DanFrederiksen]

I'd say its chances are somewhere between slim and none. They had one job.

[@MrSlanderer]

Power has been restored. Sorry to disappoint you with success.

[@mssv19123]

One claim landed in south pole of moon which is not, another claim it's a success when landed upside down...jeez...these ppl....how far they go blowing their own toot....

[@birdwild6661]

modern technology is inferior to 1960's nasa techonology? unbelievable.

[@easyalpha1]

Are you kidding did you see how small that rover was? It is way more advanced....

[@birdwild6661]

@@easyalpha1 apollo carried a car and men...so you are saying .japanese rocket technology is inferior?

[@easyalpha1]

@@birdwild6661 actually Japanese tech is more advanced due to the complexity and what was done on the mission so far in spite of the nozzle breaking off. It still managed a soft landing upside down, deployed a rover which sent pictures of the lander itself. Had the same happend to Apollo it would have not been good for the Astronauts. The privately funded Japanese probe, in spite of the upside down landing, has the record of the most precise area landing to date. The cute ball like rover is toylike yet it did it's mission in outstanding ways. Knowing Japanese tech, we know future probes will become more reliable as well as plentiful due to the compactness and economical savings.

[@birdwild6661]

@@easyalpha1 im saying Apollo 11 is a scam. man have never been to moon. modren tech. cant be inferior to 1960's tech. I also appreciate japanese accomplishment. good jobs done.

[@birdwild6661]

@@easyalpha1 i am saying man has never been to moon. i also appreciate japanese accomplishment.good luck jasa.

[@easyalpha1]

The over is the cutest robot in space....only Japan!!!!😂

[@jorgesolis7891]

Thank you Japan, you make us feel very proud....🎉

[@jameslonggood9707]

When the u.s does it everyone cries fake. Why.? When Japan does it they cry they did it

[@xaero76]

What they should do it try and get one of the jumping robots to push it over

[@amrikjohal1240]

Thanks for giving good information.

[@jorgesolis7891]

You make this world proud...

[@moviesjourney5746]

We Indian Love Japan and congratulations for moon landings ❤❤❤❤❤

[@heru-deshet359]

Soon every technologically advanced country will be exploring the moon. That is much more preferred to war.

[@neviljohnson2481]

Apollo 10 km Luna 9 km Chang E 3 km Chandrayaan 2 km These were their landing distance window! Not accuracy If they wanted they also can make precision landing. Their aims were different!

[@nemopoint1254]

2/26 SLIM (Japan) I can't believe they Re-restarted... Good luck with Odyssey (NOVA-C) too !

[@angelohernandez6060]

Wesley's biggest fear should have been washing out of the academy and then having to spend the rest of his career resorting to living on it's coattails and doing reviews on boardgames online. Oh, wait...

[@donaldcarpenter5328]

Uh, congrats, it's NOT "upside down" it's on its SIDE! Workable!

[@WhoKares-uj7ct]

Wonder if they if we Kan kome up with a way So if it's cold the machine won't freeze. And lose data..

[@TSima]

If a strong wind blows, SLIM will fall over and return to its normal position.

[@vebece]

Wind. On moon. Right. Sooner if a meteor crashes nearby and makes some surface shock.

[@petergibson2318]

My cat can right itself when falling upside down. We humans are not yet as smart as cats.

[@rajvirdee1317]

Looks like legs were too weak.They never planned for uneven moon surface.

[@angelohernandez6060]

Yeah, what's wrong on the Enterprise is that Wesley's on it.

[@donaldcarpenter5328]

So, if it is on its NOSE it can't be UPSIDE DOWN!

[@555gleerocks]

This looks like one of the AI videos I’ve seen on space.

[@RichardBrett899]

Will the real SLIM shady please stand up?

[@marksusskind1260]

Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down.

[@projectcontractors]

Should of designed a weeble wobble lander!

[@ackunkun]

物凄く間違いの多い動画。ちゃんと精査してから上げてほしい。

[@amelliakikik]

This video is id say interesting

[@SpaceLord2025]

looks like a temu rover!!!!

[@suzukikawasaki5165]

Are we ever going to get real video not CGI

[@charlesphillips1468]

Sort of like someone stumbling home from the pub and ending up face plant on the moon image carpet on the floor in the living room.

[@ひらがなかいじ]

R2D2

[@richardmungasa]

Grateful

[@NS-mz8gq]

They have to send another robot that can turn it upright

[@Ankit_3941]

Spending million for turn upright 😂

[@davidmuir4321]

Go planet Earth 🌏.. Rokkkettt Rule

[@critterfestsanctuary2446]

Its ok Slim. I've landed upside down a few times myself. Peace.