Moon probe starts taking pictures of lunar surface after bumpy landing left its solar cells pointing in the wrong direction
  • rammer@sopuli.xyz
    10·
    8 months ago

    It’s amazing that it landed as softly as it did.

    Considering that one of its rocket nozzles fell off during descent.

    • 4dpuzzle@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      If what you say is true, this is the second time a Japanese mission has been salvaged after a failure of rocket nozzle. The Kaguya mission to Venus failed to enter Venusian orbit after the main engine nozzle exploded. They managed to enter the orbit during their next pass using the smaller attitude thrusters.

  • Dave@lemmy.nz
    4·
    8 months ago

    Here’s the image they posted on twitter, of a nearby rock they named “toy poodle”.

    Click me

    image of lunar surface, grey and difficult to make out anything

    This article has an image from before the shutdown that shows the local area, with “toy poodle” labelled.