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After landing nose-first on the Moon’s surface, Japan’s SLIM probe is still alive and broadcasting.
Japan's SLIM lunar lander has now survived three week-long nights on the moon, braving temperatures as low as minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit, despite not being designed to last one!
Japan's space agency says it has reestablished communication with its moon probe, confirming that the spacecraft made it through the cold lunar night for the third time.
SLIM successfully reestablished communication and was continuing to take snapshots and probe the lunar surface, JAXA said.