Japan’s First Moon Lander Touches Down with Renesas’ Rad-Hard ICs on Board
The Moon landing represents a significant milestone for Japan, as it becomes only the fifth country to successfully touch down and operate a lunar lander, after Russia, the United States, China and India.
- The Moon landing represents a significant milestone for Japan, as it becomes only the fifth country to successfully touch down and operate a lunar lander, after Russia, the United States, China and India.
- JAXA is currently investigating the specifics of its pinpoint landing and plans to release further information in the coming weeks.
- The spacecraft is engineered to achieve exceptional landing precision, due to a vision-based object detection system and its lightweight, compact design.
- This five-months-long mission is intended to help the scientific community learn about the origin of the Moon.