According to Reuters on February 26**, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on the same day that its "Slim" lunar lander, which was launched in January this year, surprisingly survived the cold moonlit night and re-established contact with ground control centers. A little more than a month ago, the "Slim" lunar lander made a historic "precise" landing on the surface of the moon, making Japan the fifth country to launch a probe to the moon.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) released the image of the SLIM probe after landing.
After landing about 55 meters (180 feet) south of the moon's equator, the "Slim" lunar lander quickly lost power after landing at a misaligned angle of the solar panels it carried due to a mismatch in its attitude at the time of landing, which caused it to unfold at the wrong angle**. Fortunately, the lander's solar panels were back powered after just over a week as the direction of sunlight changed**.
Jaxa has said that the "Slim" lunar lander is not designed to survive in moonlit night conditions.
According to reports, the "Odysseus" probe launched by the private American enterprise "Intuition Machine" landed on the moon on the 22nd EST, but the probe rolled over during landing.
Chen Jia.