Japan’s moon lander survives a second weekslong lunar night, beating predictions

A Japanese lunar rover that landed last month woke up on its own after being in a two-week slumber on the moon.

Japan's lunar lander wakes up from cold lunar night

Japan's lunar lander has surprised its team by successfully emerging from a bitterly cold lunar night that few thought it would survive.

Japanese Moon-lander unexpectedly survives the lunar night

Its engineers never gave up hope, but the Moon-lander continues to beat the odds. Its engineers never gave up hope, but the Moon-lander continues to beat the odds.

Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ miraculously wakes up on lunar surface

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Japan’s “Moon Sniper” is the lunar mission that keeps coming back to life. After being dormant for most of February, the spacecraft miraculously woke up over the weekend and transmitted new images to Earth, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. This feat was unexpected given that the lunar lander wasn’t designed to survive the moon’s harsh temperatures. Known as SLIM, or the Smart Lander for Inves…

SLIM lives! Japan's upside-down moon lander survives freezing lunar night, defying all expectations

After enduring two weeks in the freezing lunar night, Japan's SLIM moon lander awoke long enough to snap some new pictures and communicate with researchers on Earth.

Survived the long lunar night, the Japanese SLIM lunar lander unit and re-established contact with Earth - announced on Monday by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)