Japan’s inverted SLIM lunar lander wakes up on the moon’s surface and takes new photos
Ten days after making Japan’s first moon landing, the SLIM lunar lander suddenly wakes up again after arriving upside down. Mission operators with SLIM, or the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon mission, successfully completed the first moon landing for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on January 19. However, SLIM’s solar panels were in the … Read more