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Episode: Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon
Description: Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecraft without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early January 20.
However, space officials said they needed more time to analyze whether the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), achieved its mission priority of making a pinpoint landing. They also said the craftβs solar panel had failed to generate power, which could shorten its activity on the moon.
Japan follows the United States, the Soviet Union, China, and India in reaching the moon. Hitoshi Kuninaka, head of the Institute of Space an...