Japan’s Lander Survives Lunar Night

SLIM photo of lunar surface

Craters are visible in the distance of this uncompressed image by SLIM’s navigation camera.

Credit: JAXA
Intuitive Machines is hoping its Odysseus lunar lander has more in common with Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon than toppling at touchdown. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) spacecraft survived the frigid lunar night and was back in communications with ground control teams, a...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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