Japan Moon Landing 2024 Live. Officials say probe communicating with earth after japan becomes fifth country to land. Japan's slim space probe entered the moon's orbit on monday in a major step towards the country's first successful lunar landing, expected next month.
Slim is expected to perform its soft landing on friday, january 19 at 10:20 a.m. Japan’s moon sniper lunar probe has hit its target successfully, touching down using new precision landing technology critical to the next era of space missions.