Japan Moon probe put to sleep again

Japan's Moon lander was put to sleep again after unexpectedly surviving its second ultra-chilly long lunar night, the space agency has said.

But the unmanned lightweight spacecraft, carrying a mini-rover that moves like a turtle, landed at a wonky angle that left its solar panels facing the wrong way. Despite facing temperatures as low as -130 degrees Celsius, it repeated the feat last week and transmitted new images back to Earth. "During this operation, we mainly checked the status of several devices by turning on switches and applying loads," JAXA said on social media platform X.

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