SLIM lander on the Moon’s surface on Jan. 24, 2024 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

SLIM lander on the Moon’s surface on Jan. 24, 2024

Caption

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of the JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) SLIM lander on the Moon’s surface on Jan. 24, 2024. SLIM landed at 13.3160 degrees south latitude, 25.2510 degrees east longitude, at an elevation of minus 2,992 feet (minus 912 meters). The image is 2,887 feet wide (880 meters), and lunar north is up. (LROC NAC frame M14607392143L)

 

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NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University

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