Japan's SLIM lunar lander has been resurrected in the last day, more than a week after it ran out of power due to its troubled landing on the moon. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced yesterday (Monday) that communication with SLIM has been restored.
According to the agency, the renewed communication was made possible due to a change in the direction of the sunlight, which damaged the probe's solar panels and charged its battery. Japan is the fifth country that managed to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon.