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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese lunar explorer has begun functioning again, having experienced a power failure after successfully landing on the moon earl

The lander has begun sending photos, including that of a nearby rock nicknamed "toy poodle".

Japan's lunar lander has regained power a full nine days after it landed on the moon's surface nearly upside down and was subsequently switched off.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency said Thursday that its first lunar mission hit the tiny patch of the moon's surface it was aiming for, in a successful

The SLIM rover sent back an image of “Toy Poodle,” one of several rocks scientists have given dog-themed names including Shiba Inu, Kai Ken and Bulldog.

After the US and Russia landed on the moon, it took decades for China and India to do it. Japan is now the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon.

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JAXA said Monday that the agency was able to reestablish communications with the SLIM probe on Sunday evening.

The lander has got juice at last and has resumed science observations.


 SLIM (from the English abbreviation Smart Lander, which means Moon Investigation), landed on Earth's natural satellite at 3:20 pm on January 19