According to Japan's "Sankei Shimbun" report, Japan's small lunar probe "Lunar Exploration Intelligent Lander" (SLIM) landed on the lunar surface in the early morning of the 20th, but its solar cells failed and could not generate electricity. Later, senior officials from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) held a press conference, but their expressions were dull.
"Sankei Shimbun" stated that at the press conference in the early morning of the 20th, JAXA senior officials expressed a gloomy expression, and the junior high school average (medium) evaluated that this mission "will pass 60 points." Picture from Japanese media live broadcast
According to reports, at the press conference, a reporter asked, "This is a press conference for a successful landing, why are you keeping a straight face?" Kunaka Kyun, director of the JAXA Institute of Space Science, commented on the mission, saying "it will pass 60 points."
According to reports, although the probe successfully landed on the lunar surface, the lunar surface activity originally scheduled to last several days was shortened to a few hours due to a solar cell failure.
According to previous media reports, SLIM was launched from Kagoshima Prefecture on the Japanese domestic H2A rocket No. 47 in September last year and entered orbit around the moon on December 25 last year. On the evening of the 19th, Beijing time, SLIM attempted to land on the moon. After JAXA announced that SLIM had landed on the lunar surface, Japan became the fifth country to land on the moon after the Soviet Union, the United States, China, and India.
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