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Against all Odds. Japan's SLIM Lander Survived a Second Lunar Night Upside Down


You might remember the SLIM lunar lander that managed to land upside-down! The probe from the Japanese Space Agency has survived its second night on the Moon and returns a new photograph. Despite the solar panels pointing away from the Sun during the day it was still able to capture the image and transmit to Earth.

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