NASA's Moon-Orbiting LADEE Probe Crashes Down as Planned

Friday, April 18, 2014 - 20:21 in Astronomy & Space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's robotic moon explorer, LADEE, is no more.Flight controllers confirmed that the orbiting spacecraft crashed into the back side of the moon Friday as planned, avoiding the precious historic artifacts left behind by moonwalkers.

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