As the 3:17 p.m. ET deadline to land on the moon came and went, mission control center (MCC) members tried to establish communications with the HAKUTO-R lunar lander named RESILIENCE.

Occasionally, asteroids get caught in Earth’s orbit, temporarily becoming mini moons before continuing their cosmic paths.

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If those odds play out, NewScientist reports that a direct impact could "shower Earth with a cloud of satellite-destroying shrapnel." The study concluded that, if the asteroid hits the moon, the ...

NASA space­craft around the moon pho­tographs the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander BY Associated Press AP PUBLISHED 1:52 PM ET Jun. 20, 2025 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company’s lunar lander. NASA released the pictures Friday, two weeks after ispace ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company’s lunar lander. NASA released the pictures Friday, two weeks after ispace’s lander ...