Lunar landing

#OnThisDay in 1969, Apollo 11's lunar module, Eagle, landed on the moon, forever imprinting its mark on human history. A giant leap for mankind! 🚀🌕 #Apollo11 #MoonLanding #SpaceExploration #HumanAchievement

Japan has achieved a major milestone in its space exploration program with the successful landing of a lunar lander on the moon. The Japanese space agency, JAXA, confirmed the landing and released images of the lander touching down on the moon's surface. The lunar lander, named Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), has been specifically designed to study the moon's topography and gather data on its composition. Equipped with a high-resolution camera and a laser altimeter, the lander…

Apollo 11 Lunar Module `Eagle` (Plastic model) Images List

Japan's Slim Lunar Lander has achieved a momentous feat by successfully landing on the moon on January 19, 2024. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed this significant milestone in their space exploration program. Slim, the unmanned spacecraft, was specifically designed to study the moon's surface and collect valuable data on its composition. After being launched from Earth on December 26, 2023, it traveled an impressive distance of over 200,000 miles before reaching…

The knuckle-biting story of the first lunar landing from the people who were there.

Japan's space agency, JAXA, has achieved a major milestone in its space exploration program with the successful landing of a small lunar lander on the moon. The lander, named Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), touched down on the moon's surface in the southwestern region known as the Mare Nubium. Equipped with a high-resolution camera and a laser altimeter, SLIM is designed to study the moon's topography and gather data on its composition. The landing site was carefully chosen for…

It's been 50 years since NASA's Apollo 11 landed on the moon. People remember what they were doing when astronauts first walked on the moon.

For now, anyway.