34-640: [REDACTED] Look up slim in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Slim or SLIM may refer to: People [ edit ] Viscount Slim , a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Slim (name) , a list of people with either the given name or surname Slim (nickname) , a list of people Slim Pickens (1919–1983), American actor and cowboy Louis Burton Lindley, Jr. Slim family ,
68-779: A callsign without authorization Smart Lander for Investigating Moon , a Japanese space probe Other uses [ edit ] AIDS , often called "slim", especially in Africa, because of the wasting it produces in untreated victims Slim , a 1934 novel by William Wister Haines Slim (film) , a 1937 film adaptation of the novel starring Henry Fonda See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "slim" , "sli-m" , "s-lim" , "s-l-i-m" , or "sl-im" on Misplaced Pages. Slim Jim (disambiguation) Slimm (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Slim All pages with titles containing Slim Topics referred to by
102-726: A callsign without authorization Smart Lander for Investigating Moon , a Japanese space probe Other uses [ edit ] AIDS , often called "slim", especially in Africa, because of the wasting it produces in untreated victims Slim , a 1934 novel by William Wister Haines Slim (film) , a 1937 film adaptation of the novel starring Henry Fonda See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "slim" , "sli-m" , "s-lim" , "s-l-i-m" , or "sl-im" on Misplaced Pages. Slim Jim (disambiguation) Slimm (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Slim All pages with titles containing Slim Topics referred to by
136-624: A fictional character who teaches about anatomy Slim, one of the alien antagonists of the 1988 film Killer Klowns from Outer Space Slim, the Pixl from Super Paper Mario Slim Bankshot, the 13th ghost that Luigi encounters in Luigi's Mansion Slim, a character in John Steinbeck's 1937 novel Of Mice and Men Slim, a walking stick in the 1998 animated film A Bug's Life Places [ edit ] Slim, M'Sila , Algeria,
170-459: A fictional character who teaches about anatomy Slim, one of the alien antagonists of the 1988 film Killer Klowns from Outer Space Slim, the Pixl from Super Paper Mario Slim Bankshot, the 13th ghost that Luigi encounters in Luigi's Mansion Slim, a character in John Steinbeck's 1937 novel Of Mice and Men Slim, a walking stick in the 1998 animated film A Bug's Life Places [ edit ] Slim, M'Sila , Algeria,
204-540: A musical group from Oakland, California Slim (New Zealand band) , a rock band Software, computing [ edit ] Slim, Pixar's RenderMan Studio Shader Tool SLIM (Software Lifecycle Management), tools based on the Putnam model of software effort estimation Science, engineering, technology [ edit ] Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations , a form of ion optics SLiM, short linear motif SLIM, slang for an amateur radio operator using
238-488: A musical group from Oakland, California Slim (New Zealand band) , a rock band Software, computing [ edit ] Slim, Pixar's RenderMan Studio Shader Tool SLIM (Software Lifecycle Management), tools based on the Putnam model of software effort estimation Science, engineering, technology [ edit ] Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations , a form of ion optics SLiM, short linear motif SLIM, slang for an amateur radio operator using
272-544: A rideshare H-IIA flight. The resulting cost savings will be transferred to develop other satellites that are behind schedule due to XRISM. Lunar Excursion Vehicle 1 (LEV-1) is a lunar rover which moves by hopping. It has its own direct-to-Earth communication equipment, two wide-angle visible light cameras, and electrical components and UHF band antennas courtesy of the MINERVA and OMOTENASHI projects. Science payloads: Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2) or Sora-Q ,
306-464: A town and commune Slim, Perak , Malaysia, a town Slim, Oklahoma , United States, an unincorporated community Groups, companies, organizations [ edit ] SLIM, Internet provider from KPN Slim School , a defunct school in Malaya, named after Field Marshal Slim Slim Devices , an American consumer electronics company Music groups, bands [ edit ] Slim (band) ,
340-411: A town and commune Slim, Perak , Malaysia, a town Slim, Oklahoma , United States, an unincorporated community Groups, companies, organizations [ edit ] SLIM, Internet provider from KPN Slim School , a defunct school in Malaya, named after Field Marshal Slim Slim Devices , an American consumer electronics company Music groups, bands [ edit ] Slim (band) ,
374-759: A wealthy family originally from Lebanon Musicians [ edit ] Slim (singer) (born 1977 as Marvin Scandrick), American R&B singer and lead vocalist of the group 112 Slim Harpo (1924–1970), American blues musician Slim Shady, alter ego of American rapper Eminem Slim Thug , American rapper Stayve Jerome Thomas (born 1980) Slim Whitman , stage name of American country and western music singer, songwriter and musician Ottis Whitman Jr. (1923–2013) Fatboy Slim , stage name of Norman Cook (born 1963), English musician Magic Slim , American blues singer and guitarist Morris Holt (1937–2013) Fictional characters [ edit ] Slim Goodbody ,
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#1732772998346408-445: A week. JAXA said it re-established contact with the lander and its solar cells were working again after a shift in lighting conditions allowed it to catch sunlight. After that, SLIM was put in sleep mode for the impending harsh lunar night . SLIM was expected to operate only for one lunar daylight period, or 14 Earth days, and the on-board electronics were not designed to withstand the −120 °C (−184 °F) nighttime temperatures on
442-501: Is 18 billion yen, or US$ 121.5 million. The proposal which later came to be known as SLIM existed in 2005, as the Small Lunar Landing Experiment Satellite ( 小型月着陸実験衛星 ) . On 27 December 2013, ISAS called for proposals for its next "Competitively-Chosen Medium-Sized Focused Mission", and SLIM was among the seven proposals submitted. In June 2014, SLIM passed the semi-final selection along with
476-401: Is a tiny rover developed by JAXA in joint cooperation with the toy company Tomy , Sony , and Doshisha University . The baseball-sized rover has a mass of 250 g and is equipped with two small cameras. LEV-2 extends its shape to crawl on the lunar surface using two wheels at its sides, a method of locomotion inspired by frogs and sea turtles ; it can "run" for approximately two hours. It
510-404: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages slim [REDACTED] Look up slim in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Slim or SLIM may refer to: People [ edit ] Viscount Slim , a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Slim (name) , a list of people with either
544-885: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Smart Lander for Investigating Moon Smart Lander for Investigating Moon ( SLIM ), dubbed "Moon Sniper", was a lunar lander mission of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The lander's initial launch date in 2021 was postponed until 2023 due to delays in its rideshare , the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM). On 6 September 2023 at 23:42 UTC, XRISM launched, and SLIM separated from it later that day. On 1 October 2023, SLIM executed its trans-lunar orbit injection burns. The lander entered lunar orbit on 25 December 2023 and landed on 19 January 2024 at 15:20 UTC, making Japan
578-593: Is the second rover of its kind to attempt operations on the lunar surface; the first was on Hakuto-R Mission 1 , which crashed before it could be deployed. SLIM was successfully launched together with the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) space telescope on 6 September 2023 at 23:42 UTC (7 September 08:42 Japan Standard Time) planning to land near Shioli crater (13.3°S, 25.2°E) via weak stability boundary -like trajectory. SLIM entered lunar orbit 25 December JST. The lunar lander, nicknamed Moon Sniper for its extremely accurate landing precision within
612-801: The DESTINY+ technology demonstration mission, and in February 2015 SLIM was ultimately selected. From April 2016, SLIM gained project status within JAXA. In May 2016, Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) was awarded the contract for building the spacecraft. SLIM was not the first Japanese lunar lander built for operation on the Moon's surface; on 27 May 2016 NASA announced that the OMOTENASHI (Outstanding Moon exploration Technologies demonstrated by Nano Semi-Hard Impactor) CubeSat lander jointly developed by JAXA and
646-655: The University of Tokyo was to be launched as a secondary payload on Space Launch System (SLS) Artemis 1 . OMOTENASHI was meant to deploy a mini lunar lander weighing 1 kg; however, on November 21, 2022, JAXA announced that attempts to communicate with the spacecraft had ceased, because the solar cells failed to generate power when facing away from the Sun. They did not face the Sun again until March 2023. In 2017, funding difficulties for developing XRISM led to SLIM's launch being switched from its own dedicated Epsilon flight to
680-503: The 1969 piloted Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle was an elliptic which was 20 km (12 mi) long in downrange and 5 km (3.1 mi) wide in crossrange. According to Yoshifumi Inatani, deputy director general of the JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), succeeding in this extremely precise landing will lead to enhanced quality of space exploration. The expected cost for developing this project
714-474: The LEV-1 rover has completed its planned operational period on the lunar surface, depleted its designated power, and in a standby state on the lunar surface. While the capability to resume activity exists contingent on solar power generation from changes in the direction of the Sun, efforts will be maintained to continue receiving signals from LEV-1. On 28 January, the lander resumed operations after being shut for
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#1732772998346748-417: The Moon. On 25 February 2024, JAXA sent wake-up calls and found SLIM had successfully survived the night on the lunar surface while maintaining communication capabilities. Since it was midday of the lunar day on 25 February 2024, the temperature of the communications payload was extremely high, so communication was terminated after only a short period of time. JAXA was preparing for resumed operations, once
782-520: The fifth country to soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon . News reports of technical difficulties made it to Earth, saying that the lander's solar panels were not oriented to the Sun; however, on 29 January, the lander became operational after conditions shifted. It has survived three lunar nights, awakening again in April. SLIM's operation on the Moon was terminated at 22:40 on August 23, 2024 (JST). The main purpose of Japan's first lunar surface mission
816-868: The given name or surname Slim (nickname) , a list of people Slim Pickens (1919–1983), American actor and cowboy Louis Burton Lindley, Jr. Slim family , a wealthy family originally from Lebanon Musicians [ edit ] Slim (singer) (born 1977 as Marvin Scandrick), American R&B singer and lead vocalist of the group 112 Slim Harpo (1924–1970), American blues musician Slim Shady, alter ego of American rapper Eminem Slim Thug , American rapper Stayve Jerome Thomas (born 1980) Slim Whitman , stage name of American country and western music singer, songwriter and musician Ottis Whitman Jr. (1923–2013) Fatboy Slim , stage name of Norman Cook (born 1963), English musician Magic Slim , American blues singer and guitarist Morris Holt (1937–2013) Fictional characters [ edit ] Slim Goodbody ,
850-588: The lander was hovering just before it touched down, worked as planned, with LEV-1 communicating independently to ground stations. LEV-1 conducted seven hops over 107 minutes on the lunar surface. Images autonomously taken by Sora-Q (a capability it shares with its sister rover) showed the SLIM had landed at a 90-degree angle, effectively on its nose, and there had been the loss of an engine nozzle during descent and even possible damage to its Earth-oriented antenna. Irrespective of wrong attitude and loss of communication with
884-520: The lander, the mission is already successful given confirmation of its primary goal: landing within 100 m (330 ft) of its landing spot. JAXA gave itself 60 out of 100 for the landing. After the shutdown on 19 January 2024, the mission's operators still hoped that the lander would wake up in a few days when the Sun would be correctly oriented so sunlight would hit the now askew solar panels. The two rovers, LEV-1 and Sora-Q, continued to operate autonomously as planned. On 25 January JAXA informed
918-675: The majority of functions that survived the first lunar night was maintained even after the second lunar night." SLIM completed its second overnight operation in the early hours of March 30th, and went dormant again. On 23 April 2024, it survived its third lunar night and woke up sending more images back to Earth. JAXA said on the social media platform X that SLIM’s key functions were still working despite repeated harsh cycles of temperature changes. The Agency stated that they "plan to attempt to resume operation again in mid to late May, when SLIM’s solar cells start generating electricity." JAXA sent commands for recovery on 24 and 25 May, when it
952-593: The projected 100 meters (330 ft) long landing ellipse , touched down onto the Moon on 19 January 2024 at 15:20 UTC, at the Sea of Nectar (Mare Nectaris), south of the Theophilus crater . Japan thus became the fifth nation to successfully soft land an operational spacecraft on the Moon, after the Soviet Union , United States , China , and India . Although SLIM landed successfully, it landed on its side with
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1054-404: The solar panels oriented westwards facing opposite the Sun at the start of the lunar day , thereby failing to generate enough power. The lander was able to operate on internal battery power for a short period of time, but was manually powered down on 19 January 2024 at 17:57 UTC (20 January 02:57 Japan Standard Time) to prevent over-discharge of the battery. The two lunar rovers, deployed while
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1088-519: The temperature has fallen sufficiently. This feat of surviving the lunar night without a radioisotope heater unit had previously been achieved only by some landers in the Surveyor Program . On 27 March 2024, SLIM survived its second lunar night and woke up, sending more images back to Earth, showing "perseverance." JAXA said "According to the acquired data, some temperature sensors and unused battery cells are starting to malfunction, but
1122-437: Was assumed that power had been restored, but the radio waves from SLIM could not be confirmed. JAXA conducted the operation again on the night of the 27th, but there was no response from SLIM. As the sun has set around SLIM and power generation is no longer possible, this lunar day's operation has unsuccessfully ended. JAXA plans to try operating SLIM again next month when it is expected to have sufficient solar power. The power
1156-452: Was to demonstrate precision lunar landing. During its descent, the lander recognized lunar craters by applying technology from facial recognition systems , and determined its current location from observation data collected by the SELENE (Kaguya) lunar orbiter mission. SLIM aimed to perform a soft landing with an accuracy range of 100 m (330 ft). In comparison, the accuracy of
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