Europe's Smart-1 smacks down on moon

Europe's Smart-1 lunar orbiter crashed into the moon's Sea of Excellence Sept. 3 as planned, just three weeks short of a three-year mission that demonstrated several advanced spacecraft technologies and produced valuable data on Earth's natural satellite right up to the end. Operators at the...

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