Japan's first lunar probe ends mission
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 11:50
in Astronomy & Space
Japan's first lunar probe made a controlled crash landing on the moon Thursday, successfully completing a 19-month mission to study the Earth's nearest neighbor, Japan's space agency said.
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