Space photos from 5 recent moon-landing missions show how tiny engineering errors can cause big problems, like crashing or landing sideways

Tue, 02/27/2024 - 18:21

gold moon lander upside down on grey lunar surface beside image of a new crater on the moon with white disturbed regolith around it — While Japan's moon-landing error caused its robot to land upside-down (left), Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL's error caused its lander to crash (right).
JAXA/Takara Tomy/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University; NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University; Business Insider

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Space photos from 5 recent moon-landing missions show how tiny engineering erro…