Japan says its lander reached the moon, and it's trying to confirm its status

Japan is now the fifth country to pull off a soft landing on the moon. A Japanese space agency manager earlier called the landing "a breathless, numbing 20 minutes of terror!"

Related Keywords

India ,Tanegashima ,Japan General ,Japan ,Israel ,New York ,United States ,China ,Russia ,Soviet ,Japanese ,New Yorker ,Hirano Daichi ,Michelle Hanlon ,Eiichiro Tomiyama ,Nectaris Sea ,Kushiki Kenji ,Takara Tomy ,Michael Bay ,Dan Kitwood Getty ,Spectroscopy Mission ,University Of Mississippi ,Hasbro ,Astrobotic Technology ,Space Exploration Innovation Hub Center ,Company Sony Group Corporation Doshisha University ,Tanegashima Space Center ,Toyota ,Company Ltd ,Sony ,Doshisha University ,Updated January ,Soviet Union ,Sony Group ,Lunar Excursion ,Exploration Innovation Hub ,Smart Lander ,Investigating Moon ,Mare Nectaris ,Dan Kitwood ,Micro Change ,Optimus Prime ,X Ray Imaging ,Space Law ,