Tokyo, Japan | Thursday 1/18/2024 Japan, whose unmanned “sniper” probe will attempt a lunar landing on Saturday, is one of many countries and private companies launching new missions to the Moon. It is a feat so far only achieved by four nations — the United States, the Soviet Union, China and most recently India — with spacecraft often losing communication or crash-landing. Modern...
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