Published 5 months ago

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

Japan's first moon lander, SLIM, survived a lunar night after its solar panels faced away from the sun, forcing it into hibernation.
SLIM managed to wake up after a two-week lunar night, made observations, and communicated with Earth despite the misaligned solar panels.
SLIM achieved a successful pinpoint touchdown on the moon, coming within 55m of its target, marking Japan as the fifth country to place a probe on the moon.

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BBC News

Japan Moon lander survives lunar night

Space agency Jaxa said in a post on X that the Slim craft re-established communication

5 months ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Japan’s moon lander survives two-week lunar night after wonky landing

Unmanned Slim spacecraft responds to signal from Earth after touching down at awkward angle in JanuaryJapan’s moon lander has responded to a signal from Earth, suggesting it survived the two-week lunar night, the country’s space agency has said.The unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) touched down last month at a wonky angle that left its solar panels facing the wrong way. But as the sun’s angle shifted, it came back to life for t…

5 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Japan's SLIM moon probe unexpectedly survives lunar night

5 months ago·United Kingdom

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NDTV

Japan Moon Lander "Comes Back To Life" After 2-Week Lunar Night

Japan's Moon lander has produced another surprise by waking up after the two-week lunar night, the country's space agency said Monday. The unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touched down last month at a wonky angle that left its solar panels facing the wrong way. As the sun's angle shifted, it came back to life for two days and carried out scientific observations of a crater with a high-spec camera, the Japan Aerospace Explorati…

5 months ago·New Delhi, India

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Associated Press News

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

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s first moon lander responded to a signal from Earth, suggesting it has survived a second freezing weekslong lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Monday. JAXA called the signal, received late Sunday night, a “miracle” because the probe was not designed to survive the lunar night, when temperatures can fall to minus […]

5 months ago·United States

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abc News

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

Japan’s first moon lander responded to a signal from Earth, suggesting it has survived a second freezing weekslong lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Monday

5 months ago·United States

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