01-20-2024, 01:01 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68035314 
A Japanese robot has successfully touched down on the Moon but problems with its solar power system mean the mission may live for just a few hours.
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) put itself gently on the lunar surface near an equatorial crater.
The feat made the Asian nation only the fifth country to soft-land on Earth's natural satellite, after the US, the Soviet Union, China and India.
Engineers are now battling to save the mission, however.
For reasons not yet fully understood, the craft's solar cells will not generate electricity.
Congrats to Japan on their successful moon landing
! A pity the solar cells aren't generating electricity... although, it is possible that the solar panels are just oriented in a way that stops sunlight from reaching them. If that's all it is, then it's possible the probe could come back to life - but if there is a more serious problem, I guess they'll just have to do what they can before the batteries run out
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