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.