The first lunar lander that Japan has ever sent to the moon continues ... To say it's unexpected for the probe to survive for so long after landing Jan. 20 might be an understatement.

Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Wednesday after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the moon.

SLIM, Japan’s first successful lunar lander, isn’t going down without ... Even so, JAXA says “the majority of functions that survived the first lunar night” are still going strong after ...

FILE - This image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration ... shows an image taken by a Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2) of a robotic moon rover called Smart Lander for Investigating Moon ...

Somehow, Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has survived three lunar nights, an astonishing feat. Moon landers typically survive for one lunar day – about two Earth weeks ...

The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has survived its third week-long night ... Fahrenheit (minus 170 degrees Celsius). The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) revealed that ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Wednesday after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on ...

SLIM's not dead yet. The SLIM spacecraft, Japan's first-ever successful moon lander, has survived the long, cold lunar night for the second time. Mission team members announced the news via X on ...

Will Japan's moon lander get a charge from the sun — or ... Sponsor Message "So if the spacecraft survives the minus-200 degree night, then in two weeks' time, it could revive again," Kuninaka ...

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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 ...

Japans first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japans space agency said Wednesday, April 24, after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the moon.