“The SLIM probe still maintains its main functions,” said JAXA, which confirmed the restoration of communication with the probe after the third lunar night, which lasts about two Earth weeks.
The probe also sent a new image back to Earth, which the Japanese space agency released on https://twitter.com/SLIM_JAXA/status/1782956426752848056.
“We will continue to carefully monitor the condition of the probe and check which components are at risk of the greatest deterioration,” added JAXA.
Japanese miracle. The SLIM probe came back to life on the moon, even though it had no more
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All this despite a “crooked” landing
As the cosmonaut expert Michal Václavík from the Czech Space Agency and Czech Technical University of Prague also reminded on the X network, the SLIM lander woke up unexpectedly and unplanned this week on Tuesday, despite the fact that it is in a “non-standard position after a not-quite-successful landing” .
But SLIM flipped over when it landed harder on the lunar surface and its solar panels got into the wrong position with respect to the Sun.
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The first SLIM image of the lunar surface taken by the LEV-2 mini-rover (SORA-Q)
Thanks to a change in the angle of the sunlight, SLIM then came to life after more than a week.
The module, which landed in the Shioli crater in the lunar sea Mare Nectaris on the far side of the Moon, then continued to explore the lunar surface. He survived his first lunar night in February, and his second in March.
The “immortal” Japanese module woke up from its sleep even after the second lunar night
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The Japanese SLIM module went into hibernation on the Moon again. Its durability is surprising
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