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Japan Moon Lander Sleeps After Sending Science — Will It Wake Up Again?


w days of wakefulness, Japan's SLIM moon lander has gone dormant once more at the start of a 14-day-long lunar night. The upended robot sent back a stream of data and imagery while its solar cells were in position to soak up sunlight, and its handlers hope they can get SLIM to wake up again and resume its work after lunar sunrise in mid-February.

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