A Japanese spacecraft touched down on the moon early Saturday, making Japan the fifth country to reach the lunar surface
But officials said they still needed to analyse the pinpoint accuracy of the landing
Hitoshi Kuninaka said they believe that rovers were launched and data were being transmitted back to Earth
But there could an issue with the power supply
Hitoshi Kuninaka, head of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, landed at about 12:20 am Tokyo time on Saturday (1520 GMT Friday)
Japan follows the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India in reaching the moon
Indian lunar lander Chandrayaan-3 successfully touched down on the lunar surface on
August 23, 2023