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TOKYO — Japan on Jan 20 became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon, but solar power issues threatened to cut short the nation's mission to prove a "precision" landing technology and revitalise a space programme that has suffered setbacks.
After a nail-biting 20-minute descent, space agency JAXA said its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) had touched down and communication had been established.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday.
A Japanese robot has successfully touched down on the Moon but problems with its solar power system mean the mission may live for just a few hours.
Japan staked its claim as a national space power on Friday, as its SLIM spacecraft successfully landed on the lunar surface.