Japan's moon lander, SLIM, has defied expectations by surviving the harsh lunar night and resuming communication with Earth. The country's space agency, JAXA, expressed surprise at the successful outcome, as the lander was not designed for the extreme conditions it faced.
Japan's Moon lander has been put back to sleep after it surprisingly survived the freezing, two-week lunar night, the country's space agency said, with another operation attempt scheduled for later this month. Full story: https://t.co/nav1wGzhbL https://t.co/hQqf6peLEL
Japan's moon lander has been put back to sleep after it surprisingly survived the freezing, two-week lunar night, the country's space agency said, with another operation attempt scheduled for later this month. https://t.co/tsYvHR5yEx
Japan's SLIM moon lander powers down as long lunar night falls (again) https://t.co/ocNoIBoGLT https://t.co/taQMQIN8Tc
SLIM lives! Japan's upside-down lander is online after a brutal lunar night https://t.co/svdtqOtfz6
In a surprising turn of events, Japan's upside-down lunar lander is still alive. https://t.co/TaCTVYYzuf
Defying expectations, Japan’s spacecraft has survived the harsh lunar night and started communicating with Earth again https://t.co/Ok3wZTictM
Japan's moon lander survives harsh lunar night, surprising space agency https://t.co/g2vJhVtMVn https://t.co/iBKfbvUXx2
#Japan's lunar lander has surprised its team by successfully emerging from a bitterly cold lunar night that few thought it would survive. https://t.co/QHn8wVfvjC
Japan’s moon lander survives second lunar night, beating predictions https://t.co/AW4Ko3c9JA https://t.co/nAYhSwR9a8
Japan's Moon explorer resumes communication after harsh lunar night https://t.co/8BcfUbh2qx
Japan's first moon lander has responded to a signal from Earth in what has been hailed as a "miracle" by the country's space agency Read more 🔗 https://t.co/MKqBN69Ug6
Japan's first moon lander responded to a signal from Earth, suggesting it has survived a second freezing weekslong lunar night it was not designed for, Japan's space agency says via AP https://t.co/jBe4qMUTTg
Is anyone else following the Japanese moon lander? It’s a survivor, y’all. It landed the wrong way, suffered a power loss, got hit with two freezing lunar nights it wasn’t built for. And JAXA space agency seems surprised that it still has a signal. https://t.co/YkZyHa2fof