Lunar probe Yaoki, developed by a Japanese venture company, was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on February 26 and arrived on moon on March 7.

But the lunar lander carrying the probe fell sideways, and Yaoki was unable to go out on the moon's surface.

An image shot by Yaoki from inside the lander shows a crater on the upper left and the lander's leg on the bottom.

This is the first time for a Japanese company to succeed in filming from the moon's surface.

Dymon CEO Nakajima Shinichiro said he is proud of Yaoki for fulfilling its function even after its lander fell inside a crater.

He said the probe was true to its name, represented by kanji characters that mean "eight rises" and derived from the Japanese idiom that goes "fall down seven times, stand up eight."