[HIGHLIGHTS] The Japanese lander SLIM has restarted, after two weeks of forced rest

The Japanese SLIM probe, placed on the Moon since the end of January, is activated again after surviving two weeks of rigorous lunar night. “Last night, a command was sent to SLIM and a response was received, confirming that the craft survived the lunar night and retained its communication capability!”, Jaxa enthusiastically declared on X (formerly Twitter) Communications were “interrupted shortly after, because it was still mid-lunar day and the temperature of the communications equipment was very high,” JaxA said.