JAXA Launching a moon mission, Japan aims to become the 5th country to land on the lunar surface 1 year ago According to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan launched a rocket to the moon on Wednesday in an attempt… Japan launches its lunar lander SLIM, dubbed the “moon sniper,” into space 1 year ago Japan launched a lunar exploration spacecraft on a homegrown H-IIA rocket on Thursday in an effort to become the fifth…