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Japan's lunar craft lands successfully but can't generate solar power

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This screen grab from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) video broadcast via YouTube show

This screen grab taken on January 20, 2024 from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) video broadcast via YouTube shows Masaki Fujimoto (L), deputy director general of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences of JAXA (ISAS/JAXA), Hitoshi Kuninaka (C), director general for ISAS/JAXA, and Hiroshi Yamakawa (R), JAXA president, speaking during a press conference in Sagamihara, Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo. Japan became on January 20 only the fifth nation to achieve a "soft landing" on the Moon, but its space agency said that the craft's solar cells were not generating power. (Photo by Handout / JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY (JAXA) / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / JAXA" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

This screen grab from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) video broadcast via YouTube shows Masaki Fujimoto (L), deputy director general of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences of JAXA (ISAS/JAXA), Hitoshi Kuninaka (C), director general for ISAS/JAXA, and Hiroshi Yamakawa (R), JAXA president, speaking during a press conference in Sagamihara, Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo. Photo: AFP PHOTO / JAXA

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