Almost half of Moon missions fail. Why is space still so hard?
- Written by Gail Iles, Senior Lecturer in Physics, RMIT University
In 2019, India attempted to land a spacecraft on the Moon – and ended up painting a kilometres-long streak of debris on its barren surface. Now the Indian Space Research Organisation has returned in triumph, with the Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully touching down near the south pole of Earth’s rocky neighbour.
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