JAXA has awarded us a letter of appreciation for our contribution to the Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon (SLIM) project.

　The SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) project completed a soft landing on the Moon on Saturday, January 20, 2024. JAXA commended our faculty and a student for their contributions.
　Profs. Ohtake and Honda, in the Division of Information Systems, concurrent with ARC-Space, contributed to the multiband camera's development, operation, and data analysis. Mr. Ibuka, a second-year student in the Master's Course at the University of Aizu, contributed to developing the analysis tools.

University of Aizu Researchers Participated in the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) Exploration

Images taken by the Multi-Band Camera (MBC) on board the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)

Successful 10-band spectroscopic imaging using the Multi-Band Camera (MBC) onboard the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)

A courtesy call was made to the Governor of Fukushima Prefecture to report on the results of the SLIM Project.