NASA’s Moon-Orbiting Robot Crashes Down | Talking Points Memo

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s robotic moon explorer, LADEE, is no more.

Flight controllers confirmed Friday that the orbiting spacecraft crashed into the back side of the moon as planned, just three days after surviving a full lunar eclipse, something it was never designed to do.


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