Japan s space agency announced on Monday that the country s first moon lander may have survived a second, freezing lunar night after responding to a signal from Earth.
A Japanese unmanned lunar spacecraft has accomplished a remarkable feat by capturing and transmitting data analyzing ten lunar rocks, providing unexpected insights that could shed light on the moon s
Japan s Moon lander, SLIM, has resumed operations after power was restored. The lightweight spacecraft aims to test new landing technology and analyze minerals to gather clues about the moon s origin.
A Japanese Moon lander that was shut down when its solar panels were unable to generate power from the Sun has begun functioning, the country's space agency says.
Japan on Saturday became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon but the probe was not generating solar power, its space agency said, during a mission to prove a "precision" landing technology and revitalise a space programme that