“After Indian Chandrayan-3,Japan is also in race of moon mission,Japan’s space agency is set to launch a lander and an X-ray mission on the lunar surface”

THE POLICE TODAY/NEWS

Uttrakhand/Haridwar: After the successful landing of India’s Chandrayaan-3 on the moon, now Japan has also joined the race. After Russia, America, China and now India, Japan is also preparing to hoist its flag. After the success of Chandrayaan-3, Japan’s space agency is set to launch a lander and an X-ray mission on the lunar surface on Monday. The lander, which has been named “Moon sniper” in Japanese, will enter the Moon’s orbit three-four months after launch. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s goal of sending the Moon Sniper is to achieve a small-scale lightweight probe system. This mission will take off from the Tanegashima Space Center using Japan’s H2-A rocket. SLIM will land on the moon’s surface in about four to six months. This is Japan’s second recent try at putting stuff on the moon after Ispace, a company in Tokyo, couldn’t pull off its landing on April 25th. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) safety manager, Michio Kawakami, mentioned that powerful winds reaching speeds of approximately 108 kph (67 mph) were detected between altitudes of 5,000 to 15,000 meters (16,400 to 49,200 feet). Kawakami also noted that the presence of several typhoons in the vicinity of Japan might have contributed to these challenging wind conditions.

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