Japan's SLIM moon lander defies death to survive 3rd frigid lunar night (image)

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Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World, New Scientist, Astronomy Magazine, All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science. He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of Physics. Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.

An illustration of the SLIM lunar lander approaching the moon An image of the lunar surface captured by the lander on April 23, 2024wasn't designed to withstand even one blisteringly cold night on the moon, during which temperatures dropped as low as minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit .had braved its third lunar night on Wednesday after receiving an image of the moon's surface from the lander.JAXA shared an image captured by SLIM as it was coming out of its third lunar night spent on the moon.

昨晩、再び起動した #SLIM と通信することに成功し、SLIMが3回目の越夜を達成したことを確認しました。早速航法カメラにて撮影した昨晩の月面の様子がこちらです。越夜後としてはこれまでで最も早い月齢での撮影のため、全体的に明るく影が非常に短くなっています。 #JAXA #たのしむーん pic.twitter.com/U0f88xNK9SSLIM arrived on the moon on Jan. 19, 2024, tasked with the mission of testing landing technology and collecting data about lunar geology. Soon after landing, its JAXA operators discovered that it had tipped forward, resting on its nose.

When operations were then retried in mid-March, JAXA discovered that the main functions of the lander were still operational. And that seems to be the case again as SLIM emerged from lunar night again in mid-April, messaging home on April 23.to check up on the Japanese lunar lander. He shared some of the images he captured on his X feed.

 

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