Japan Moon Landing 2024 Upsc. Japan landed its smart lander for investigating the moon, or slim, craft on the surface of the moon on jan. Japan became the fifth nation to land on the moon on saturday, but its spacecraft ended up in an awkward position, with its engine nozzle pointed up toward.

Japan became the fifth nation to land on the moon on saturday, but its spacecraft ended up in an awkward position, with its engine nozzle pointed up toward. Slim aims to touch down with unparalleled precision, within a mere 100 meters of its target point inside shioli, a small crater on the moon’s.