A journalist wearing a VR device tries a simulation of Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)'s moon landing, at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s facility, in Sagamihara, south of Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 19, 2024. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
Japan became the fifth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touched down around 12:20 a.m. Tokyo time on Jan. 20 (1520 GMT Jan. 19), according to the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency.
T.J. Muscaro is an award-winning reporter and NASA Correspondent for The Epoch Times, covering the Artemis program, Space Force, and other public and private ambitions within the growing space industry. Based in Tampa, Florida, he also covers stories of extreme weather and disaster relief, as well as various matters of national and international politics.
