Dying Moon Lander Sends Back Final Image Before the Long Lunar Night
After a challenging landing, Japan’s SLIM lander is unlikely to survive the extreme cold during a 14-day lunar night.
Source: gizmodo.com
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After a challenging landing, Japan’s SLIM lander is unlikely to survive the extreme cold during a 14-day lunar night.
Japan made history last month when it became the fifth nation to soft land on the moon.
Japan's SLIM spacecraft took one last image of the lunar surface before the moon plunges into the freezing two-week "night."
Japan’s lunar lander made history and defied the odds, but it may finally be down for the count.
Keep everything crossed SLIM survives the freezing lunar night and wakes up to science another day.