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Moon Sniper

Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ wakes upside-down on Moon, immediately starts snapping pics

Japan’s “Moon Sniper” rover on Monday regained power and has woken up on the Moon, a surprise turnaround for the country’s historic space mission after its successful “pinpoint” landing on the lunar surface more than a week was marred by technical challenges and forced into hibernation.

  • By Robert Hart
  • Forbes Staff
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