Japan's Moon explorer begins functioning again, resumes mission
A Japanese lunar explorer has begun functioning again and resumed its mission on the Moon aimed at unraveling its origins after a successful landing earlier this month, the country's space agency said Monday.
The built-in solar panels of the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, have likely started generating power after they failed to do so due to the panels not facing the Sun properly upon landing, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.
The agency has been communicating with the ...
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