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Attempted Lunar Landing Gone Awry According to NASA Images

  • NASA captured images of debris from a Japanese space company's unsuccessful lunar lander mission.
  • The lander lost contact with Earth and crashed into the lunar surface in April.
  • NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped photos of impact craters and scattered debris at the crash site.
  • The mission was carrying commercial and government payloads, all of which were destroyed.
  • The company plans more lunar missions, and other companies hope to launch lunar landers in 2023.
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