JAXA successfully lands an unmanned spacecraft on the moon

January 23, 2024 June 1, 2024

JAXA, the Japanese space research institute that launched a rocket with a probe to explore the moon in September last year, has announced that its SLIM spacecraft has successfully landed on the moon. So far, only four countries have successfully landed a probe on the moon: the former Soviet Union, the USA, China, and India. Japan is the fifth country to do so.

However, the solar cells on board SLIM were unable to generate electricity, so the probe is now powered by the batteries it carried.

Japanese (日本語)

JAXA、無人むじん探査機たんさきの月面げつめん着陸ちゃくりくに成功せいこう

宇宙うちゅうを研究けんきゅうする日本にほんの研究所けんきゅうじょであるJAXAは、月つきを調しらべるための探査機たんさきをのせたロケットを去年きょねんの9月がつに打うち上あげました。JAXAは、探査機たんさきである「SLIM」が月つきに下おりることに成功せいこうしたと発表はっぴょうしました。これまで月つきに探査機たんさきを乗のせることに成功せいこうしたのは、旧きゅうソそ連れん、アメリカ、中国ちゅうごく、インドの4カか国こくだけで、日本にほんは5番目ばんめに成功せいこうしたことになります。
ただし、「SLIM」に搭載とうさいした太陽たいよう電池でんちからの発電はつでんには失敗しっぱいし、代かわりに搭載とうさいしていたバッテリーで探査機たんさきを動作どうささせているとのことです。

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Japanese	Hiragana	English
JAXA	じゃくさ	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
無人探査機	むじんたんさき	Unmanned Probe
月面着陸	げつめんちゃくりく	Moon Landing
宇宙	うちゅう	Space
研究所	けんきゅうじょ	Research Institute
ロケット	ろけっと	Rocket
9月	くがつ	September
「SLIM」	「すりむ」	"SLIM"
月	つき	Moon
成功	せいこう	Success
旧ソ連	きゅうそれん	Former Soviet Union
アメリカ	あめりか	United States
中国	ちゅうごく	China
インド	いんど	India
太陽電池	たいようでんち	Solar Cell
発電	はつでん	Power Generation
失敗	しっぱい	Failure
バッテリー	ばってりー	Battery
動作	どうさ	Operation
発表	はっぴょう	Announcement

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