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“Japan’s first moon mission has likely come to an end after a surprising late-game comeback,” reports Mashable, “with the spacecraft taking one last photo of its surroundings before the deep-freeze of night… showing ominous shadows cast upon a slope … Continue reading Japan’s Moon Lander Snaps Final Photo, Goes Dormant Before 354-Hour Lunar Night
Japan’s SLIM Moon lander has gone back into sleep mode as the Sun sets on its landing site. The robotic spacecraft began to lose power as the lunar day came to its end and it now faces the freezing cold 14-day lunar night, which it may not survive.Cont… Continue reading Japan’s Moon lander goes into what may be its final sleep as Sun sets
Japan’s SLIM lunar lander is back online and transmitting data. JAXA has confirmed that the Sun has moved into a position where light is landing on the robotic spacecraft’s solar panel, allowing it to finally charge its battery.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Japan’s SLIM Moon lander back on line thanks to sunshine
“A photo of Japan’s robotic moon lander shows that though the spacecraft did make the quarter-million-mile journey to the lunar surface, it landed upside down…” reports Mashable.
Because of the lander’s now-apparent inverted position, its solar pan… Continue reading Photo Shows Japan’s Moon Lander Arrived Upside-Down
Thanks to a pair of tiny lunar rovers, the mystery of Japan’s crippled SLIM Moon lander has been solved. Images returned by the two robots show that the spacecraft bounced and is sitting on its nose, preventing its solar panels from charging.Continue R… Continue reading Mystery solved – Japan’s SLIM Moon probe landed on its nose
It’s 2024. NASA’s Artemis program is in full swing, and we’re hoping to get back to the surface of the Moon real soon. Astronauts haven’t walked on the beloved sky …read more Continue reading Could Moon Mining Spoil Its Untouched Grandeur And Science Value?
Japan has become the fifth nation to successfully land on the Moon, but the Champagne corks aren’t popping. At 10:20 am EST, the SLIM lander touched down, but the solar panels failed to engage, leaving the craft with only a few hours of battery power.C… Continue reading Japan lands on Moon, but lander may have only hours to live
America’s first attempt to land on the Moon in 52 years came to a fiery end today as the privately owned and operated Peregrine 1 spacecraft entered the Earth’s atmosphere and burned up at 3:59 pm EST somewhere over the South Pacific.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Peregrine One Moon mission comes to fiery end over the Pacific
Within a few hours of this post going live, Astrobotic’s Peregrine spacecraft is expected to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere — a disappointing end to a mission that was …read more Continue reading Crippled Peregrine Lander to Make Fiery Return Home
The crippled Peregrine Moon Lander is heading back toward Earth, and is expected to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere on January 18, 2024. This is the conclusion of the latest tracking data from Astrobotic’s Mission Control Center.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Peregrine Moon lander to return and burn up in Earth’s atmosphere