Article 6HZMC Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ craft makes lunar landing but is unable to generate electricity via solar power – as it happened

Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ craft makes lunar landing but is unable to generate electricity via solar power – as it happened

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Oliver Holmes
from on (#6HZMC)

Slim spacecraft landed on the moon and is communicating with earth but is not generating electricity

(I'm really enjoying the soft piano music being played in the background of this Japanese space agency live feed. Very calming in a tense situation!)

The probe is now scanning the surface" and looking for a place to land, space agency officials say.

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