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Japan’s lunar lander is back in touch with its team on Earth after managing to regain power through its solar panels.

SLIM's touchdown made Japan only the 5th nation to achieve a 'soft landing' on the moon

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said on Monday that its moon lander has resumed operations after regaining power.

Awakened from its slumber, Japan’s lunar probe has resumed its mission, sending new images back to Earth, powered by its solar panels that finally started to generate electricity.

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.

Tokyo, Jan 29 (EFE).- A Japanese space probe, which made Japan the fifth country to successfully land on the Moon, has confirmed power generation, established communication and resumed exploration of the lunar surface, the Japanese Aerospace Agency said Monday. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM probe, landed on the Earth’s natural satellite at …

Japan's Moon lander has resumed its scientific mission 10 days after losing power and landing upside down, the country's space agency has said. The craft, which has been nicknamed "moon sniper", tumbled down a crater

Japans Moon lander has come back to life, the space agency said Monday, enabling the craft to proceed with its mission of investigating the lunar surface despite its rocky start.

Japan's SLIM spacecraft has regained power, its space agency said on Monday, more than a week after it achieved an unconventionally precise lunar landing but ran out of electricity because its solar panels were at the wrong angle. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) re-established communication with its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) late on Sunday, a JAXA spokesperson said, nearly nine days after the probe's touchdown made Japan the fifth country to put a spacec...