Japan's Moon Lander Overcomes Power Crisis, Starts Scientific Operations

Around three hours after its moon lander had touched down, Japan's space agency 'decided to switch SLIM off with 12% power remaining to allow for a possible resumption when the sun's angle changed,' reports Agence France-Presse.

Today there was good news:

Japan's Moon lander has resumed operations, the country's space agency said on Monday, indicating that power had been restored after it was left upside down during a slightly haphazard landing. The probe, nicknamed the 'moon sniper', had tumbled down a crater slope during its landing on 20 January, leaving its solar batteries facing in the wrong direction and unable to generate electricity...

The agency posted on X an image shot by Slim of 'toy poodle', a rock observed near the lander.

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