'We proved that you can land wherever you want.' Japan's SLIM moon probe nailed precise lunar landing, JAXA says

A roughly cube-shaped spacecraft wrapped in gold foil on the surface of the moon.

Japan's SLIM lander touchdown may have given an entirely new definition to the expression "on the nose." 

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) representatives revealed that the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) made a strange but precise landing on the moon. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday (Jan. 25), JAXA scientists said that SLIM had touched down within 328 feet (100 meters) of its selected lunar landing site on Jan. 19, accomplishing its primary mission of making a pinpoint landing.