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Japan’s Slim moon lander overcomes power crisis to start scientific operations (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If what you say is true, this is the second time a Japanese mission has been salvaged after a failure of rocket nozzle. The Kaguya mission to Venus failed to enter Venusian orbit after the main engine nozzle exploded. They managed to enter the orbit during their next pass using the smaller attitude thrusters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My source for this information is this Scott Manley video. Which quotes the official Japanese report.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Sure. The Japanese seem to have a lot of issues with nozzles.