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Japan successfully landed a high-tech probe on the moon as planned in the early hours of Saturday, but the spacecraft was experiencing power supply issues, Japanese space agency JAXA said. High-tech lunar lander SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) “successfully landed on the moon surface” at 0:20 am on Saturday (1520 GMT Friday), JAXA said in a statement. Communication with the craft was established following the landing, the space agency continued. “However, the solar cells are currently not generating power,” the agency said, adding that receiving data from the probe was being priorit…