A Japanese lander crashed on Moon
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This week, uncover the fate of the latest lunar lander to attempt touchdown on the moon’s surface, see a tower of worms, revisit the Dead Sea Scrolls’ age, and more.
Firefly Aerospace on Monday celebrated the three-month anniversary of its historic Moon landing. On March 2, the Blue Ghost lander touched down in the Mare Crisium region on the near side of the Moon, making Firefly the first private company to be fully successful at making a soft lunar landing.
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Space on MSNDamaged Peregrine Moon Lander Beams Back PhotoAstrobotic's Peregrine moon lander that suffered a propulsion system anomaly shortly after separation from its Vulcan Centaur rocket upper stage. A new image of the spacecraft shows "disturbed" insulation that points to the anomaly.