LEV-1 receives Academic Award/Technology Award (Project Category) from The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (JSASS)

LEV-1, one of the forerunner projects in which multiple members of the Moonshot Kunii Project took part, has received JSASS Academic Award/Technology Award (Project Category).

34th (FY2024) JSASS Academic Award/Technology Award (Project Category)
Name of Technology: Japan’s first lunar exploration robot LEV
Authors: Tetsuo Yoshimitsu, Masatsugu Otsuki, Kento Yoshikawa, Atsushi Tomoki, Wataru Torii, Naoto Usami (JAXA), Takao Maeda (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology), Yasuharu Kunii (Chuo University), Tomoyuki Hirose (Digital Spice Co., Ltd.), Akihiko Hasegawa, Shusaku Muroi (Shotoku Corp.), SLIM Project Team

The award was established to encourage the development of aerospace engineering and the aerospace industry. The presentation ceremony and commemorative lectures by award recipients will be held on Friday, April 4, 2025 at the 56th JSASS Annual Meeting at The University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus.

Details are available at the JSASS website.
56th JSASS Annual Meeting
56th JSASS Annual Meeting Program (Announcement of Award Recipients)