Tokyo (AFP) Mar 28, 2024 Japan's Moon lander woke up after unexpectedly surviving a second frigid...
Tokyo (AFP) Mar 28, 2024 Japan's Moon lander woke up after unexpectedly surviving a second frigid, two-week lunar night and transmitted new images back to Earth, the country's space agency said Thursday. The unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe touched down in January, making Japan only the fifth nation to reach the lunar surface without crashing. But the lightweight spacecraft landed at a w