Japan’s Moon Lander Just Won’t Die
Japan had its moment in the Moon’s glow earlier this year when scientists landed a lunar probe on the surface of our nearest celestial neighbor. The landing didn’t quite go …
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These Failed Missions to the Moon Remind Us That Space Is Hard
The Apollo 13 Saturn rocket being rolled out to the launch pad in 1970.Photo: NASA For millennia, our species looked at the Moon as a place that would forever be …
NASA Shows Off Concept for an Alien-Hunting ‘Cryobot’ Probe
Astrobiologists suspect there could be alien life just out of reach in our solar system, in oceans hidden beneath icy crusts on moons circling Jupiter and Saturn. But unlike the …
Space Collision Concerns Delayed India’s Moon Launch
India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission launched on July 14, headed towards a historic touchdown on the lunar surface. But before the lunar lander took off, it had to wait a few seconds …
Russia’s Latest Lunar Lander Crashes Into Moon
The last we saw of Luna-25Photo: Associated Press (AP) I’ve got bad news for fans of lunar exploration, as Russia’s latest mission to the surface of the Moon sadly crashed …