Japan’s lunar lander reaches the moon but is rapidly losing power, space agency says.

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An artist's illustration depicts what the SLIM lander will look like on the lunar surface.


CNN —
Japan’s “Moon Sniper” robotic explorer landed on the lunar surface, but the mission may end prematurely since the spacecraft’s solar cell is not generating electricity, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said. The agency said it is currently receiving a signal from the lander, which is communicating as expected.

The uncrewed Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, mission landed just after 10:20 a.m. ET Friday (12:20 a.m. Saturday Japan Standard Time), according to telemetry data shared on JAXA’s live broadcast.

Currently, the lander is operating on limited battery power, only expected to last several hours, and the JAXA team is analyzing the data to determine the cause of the solar cell issue and the next steps for the lander. It’s possible that the solar cell issue is due to the fact that the spacecraft is not pointing in the intended direction, JAXA officials said.

 

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Sadly it cannot generate its own energy - potentially because its solar panels are angled incorrectly. JAXA says SLIM deployed two mini-probes - a hopping vehicle as big as a microwave oven and a tennis ball-sized wheeled rover - that would have taken pictures of the spacecraft.
The only hope is to wait another month to see whether sunlight will fall on the solar panels at a different angle.

 

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