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Japan's lunar lander is dying before our eyes after setting down on Moon (www.theregister.com)
submitted 11 months ago by boem to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

In this case, the landing legs were on the "side" of the probe. It was supposed to come down to a halt hovering right above the surface and then flop over onto them.