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A photograph of Japan's SLIM lander has revealed why the lunar spacecraft is having trouble getting power to its batteries.

A new photo reveals what's happened to SLIM lander, which made a historic pinpoint landing on the Moon.

An image of Japan’s historic Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) spacecraft, which successfully reached the moon last week, revealed that it landed on its head. About the image: The photo released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows SLIM upside down on the lunar surface, as captured by the robot LEV-2 (Lunar Exploration Vehicle-2), also known as SORA-Q, one of two tiny rovers carried by SLIM. Despite landing on its nose, the photograph confirms that SLIM succes...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is celebrating the successful touchdown of the SLIM spacecraft on the moon's surface, even though the craft landed upside down.

Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) didn’t last long after it landed on the surface of the moon, but it released two rovers – one that hops and one that rolls – that took images on the lunar surface

Japan's SLIM lunar lander tipped over on touchdown, but still captured imagery of the moon while demonstrating high-precision landing technology.

Despite the inverted arrival, JAXA gives its ‘Moon Sniper’ a ‘perfect score.’

Japan's SLIM spacecraft landed on the moon upside down.

Photo taken by a mini-rover showed the boxy yellow lander sitting intact at a slight angle

The landing was within 180 feet of its goal, a touchdown precise enough to be hailed as a major accomplishment.