Smart Lander for Investigating Moon mission: mission and targets
Data as of 2026-10-04
Dates declared by the archive
- Project start
- September 6, 2023
- Declared end
- August 23, 2024
The start the archive declares is the start of the project, not the launch, and an end it does not declare does not mean the mission is still running.
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Description published by the archive
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission aims to attempt a 'pinpoint landing' within an approximately 100-meter error circle on the Moon. The planned landing site is located near Shioli crater (25.2 degrees east, 13.3 degrees south), to the west of Mare Nectaris. Based on observations from the Kaguya (SELENE) spacecraft, there is a high possibility that mantle materials are exposed around Shioli crater. Therefore, we aim to estimate the Mg# (i.e., the atomic ratio of Mg / (Mg + Fe)) of lunar mantle materials, which is crucial for understanding the early history of the Earth-Moon system.
Quoted in English, as the archive publishes it, read on October 4, 2026.
Source
Identifier in the archive, which is its citation: urn:jaxa:darts:context:investigation:mission.slim
NASA Planetary Data System, PDS Registry, investigation context products. Dates and targets read on September 29, 2026; how to cite the archive: https://pds.nasa.gov/datastandards/citing/