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Kamikaze! Failed Japanese Moon Lander Hits Lunar Soil Nose First

Images released Thursday showed Japan's lunar lander with its nose upright, its engines pointing into the pitch-black sky after landing on the moon. According to the BBC, the first photos of the destroyed spacecraft show it rotated 90 degrees from its original resting state. I will report it. This awkward, upside-down finish may help explain […]

FACT CHECK: No, The Sun And The Moon Are Not The Same Size

post shared on facebook They claim that the sun and moon are the same size. Verdict: False That claim is inaccurate. The sun is significantly larger than the moon, but its horns are about the same size, multiple experts told Check Your Fact via email. Fact check: The US is in a space race with […]

Japan’s Slim spacecraft lands on moon but struggles to generate power | Space

Japan's hopes of becoming the fifth country to soft-land a working spacecraft on the moon hit a snag on Friday when mission controllers announced the rover was unable to generate electricity after touchdown. The lunar exploration smart lander (Slim) was testing new technology for pinpoint landings when the rover touched down just after 3pm UK […]

Japan lands probe on moon, waits to hear back

Japan's space agency announced early Saturday that the spacecraft was on the lunar surface but was still “confirming its status.” Officials said details would be announced at a press conference. The Smart Lunar Survey Lander (SLIM) touched down on the lunar surface at around 12:20 a.m. Saturday, Tokyo time (15:20 Friday, Japan time). There were […]

Astrobotic’s Peregrine moon lander crashes into Pacific Ocean

FOX News correspondent Jonathan Selley reported that Astrobotic Technology's engineers are working to fix an “anomaly” that affected the lunar module's failure. Astrobotic said it had lost contact with the lunar module Peregrine over the open ocean of the South Pacific after predicting it would “burn up” during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. The announcement marks […]