NASA has captured the Japanese Moon Crash Site

Jun 23, 2025 Komal Das

A few weeks after Japan's Resilience spacecraft crashed, NASA found the debris on the lunar surface

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Resilience was trying to make a historic soft landing in the northern hemisphere of the moon

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Mare Frigoris is a volcanic plain with striking wrinkle ridges where the crash occurred

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The area was searched for evidence using NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

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The LROC suite's right narrow-angle camera captured the detailed pictures

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Images were captured from a height of roughly fifty miles above the lunar surface

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NASA's images at the landing site reveal a new crater and strewn debris

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The images help scientists to understand the crash dynamics and lunar surface changes

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Information from the crash site will help ensure a safe landing for future lunar missions.

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