Japan Moon Landing 2024 Upsc. | upsc gs mains 3 | by chandramouli choudhary.more. Japan would become the fifth country to achieve a moon landing after the united states, the former ussr, china and now india.
In a historic mission that could place japan among the elite group of nations to have achieved a soft landing on the moon, the japan aerospace exploration agency (jaxa) is gearing up for the final descent of its smart lander for investigating moon (slim) on friday. Japan on saturday became the world’s fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon, as the space agency said its smart lander for investigating moon (slim) has.