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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.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) SLIM moon lander, also known as Moon Sniper, regained power after landing on the lunar surface.
SLIM fell into an unfortunate position last week, with its solar arrays pointed away from the Sun, but the lander has resumed operations after regaining power.
With the mission’s success, Japan became the fifth country to soft-land a spacecraft on the moon.
After nine days of lunar darkness, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently announced that this tremendous endeavor was not in vain.