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The autonomous lunar rover that took the awe-inspiring image weighs only 250g, with a deployed width of about 123mm.

Lunar Resurrection Japan's Moon lander has officially been resurrected after landing at an awkard angle on the lunar surface earlier this month. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) spacecraft fell on its nose after surviving its 20 minutes of terror ten days ago. That meant teams back on the […]

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

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 spacecraft on the

Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has spotted Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) that landed on the lunar surface last week.