Japan’s ‘moon sniper’ probe made incredibly accurate landing, but is now upside down
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Yeah, that's the bigger deal. They lost an engine and still managed a soft landing. They just landed upside down -- but the solar cells might still work.
And for the record, the lander was supposed to land on its side. It's designed to do a quarter turn just before it touches the ground, but because of a slope, it rolled a little bit further than they wanted.
It was so close to perfect!