Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) is the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) lunar lander mission. The lander will demonstrate precision landing technology.[6] By 2017, the lander was planned to be launched in 2021, but this was delayed until 2023 due to delays in SLIM's rideshare mission, X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM).
It was successfully launched on 6 September 2023 at 23:42 UTC (7 September 08:42 Japan Standard Time). If the mission is successful, Japan will become the 5th country to soft land on the surface of the Moon.
On 1 October 2023, the lander executed its trans-lunar injection burn. It entered orbit around the Moon on 25 December 2023 and is expected to land on 19 January 2024.
