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A Japanese lander crashed on the Moon after losing track of its location
A robotic lander developed by a Japanese company named ispace plummeted to the Moon's surface Thursday, destroying a small rover and several experiments intended to demonstrate how future missions could mine and harvest lunar resources.
The Earth eclipses the moon in this time-lapsed view from Firefly's Blue Ghost moon lander. Credit: Firefly Aerospace ...
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The Resilience Spacecraft Likely Crashed on the MoonEarly reports suggest that an issue with the Japanese lander's sensors prevented it from sufficiently slowing down ...
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