lunar night

Japan's Moon lander was put to sleep again. It has unexpectedly survived two ultra-chilly long lunar nights, Japan’s space agency said on Monday. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touched down on Moon in January. With it…

Tokyo: Japan's unmanned Moon lander, Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), survived another two-week lunar night to wake up and send new images back to Earth. "We received a response from SLIM last night and confirmed that SLIM had…

The first uncrewed private American lander to reach the lunar surface sent its final image on Thursday before its power banks depleted because of the onset of an extremely cold lunar night. Houston-based Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus…

Japan's Moon lander surprised scientists by surviving a two-week-long lunar night. It came back to life after the two-week lunar night, claimed Japan’s space agency on Monday. The unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)…