TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's space agency on Monday postponed the planned launch of what it hopes will become the first Japanese spacecraft to land on the ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSTOKYO - Japan's space agency on Monday postponed the planned launch of what it hopes will become the first Japanese spacecraft to land on the moon due to strong, high-altitude winds.
Dubbed"moon sniper", SLIM is designed to land no more than 100 metres from its targeted site. That's a giant leap from the conventional accuracy of several kilometres for lunar landers, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency . SLIM employs"vision-based navigation" to recognise where it is flying during the landing phase, JAXA says. That allows the craft to match real-time images from its camera with existing ones of the lunar surface.Although 14 Japanese astronauts have been into space - the fourth most after the U.S., Russia and China - Japan's space missions have focused on developing launchers and space probes and have relied on the United States and Russia to carry astronauts.
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