Japan's Moon probe successfully lands, suffers power problem

A Japanese spacecraft equipped with precision navigation technology has successfully landed on the Moon, but the fate of its mission is uncertain due to problems with its solar power generation system, the country's space agency said Saturday.With the touchdown of the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, Japan has made its first lunar landing, joining the former Soviet Union, the United States, China and India as the only countries to have accomplished the feat."We believe it succeeded in making a soft landing" as data transmitted from the craft to Earth has so far suggested that m…READ FULL ARTICLE