Pictures from the JAXA booth at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka

[Erik Ebert]

Just got back from Japan and thought the group might be interested in these.  It's hard to tell the scale in the pictures, but the rover is tiny.  A little shorter than a soda can, but a little fatter, 8cm in diameter (just over 3").

The mission landed on the moon in January, 2024.  They achieved their pinpoint landing, but unfortunately the lander landed upside down due to a failure of one of the main engines on final descent.  It did successfully deploy the rover just before landing.  

Both the lander and the rover were able to send back pictures before the onboard batteries were fully depleted (hard to generate power when your solar panels are upside down!).

https://cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/landing-on-the-moon-behind-the-scenes-of-the-night-when-slim-made-history/

https://www.ihub-tansa.jaxa.jp/english/LEV2_en.html

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Science and Honor!

[William Walby]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

William

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[John Kolman]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing those!