Japan's SELENE crashes onto Moon

SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer), better known in Japan by its nickname Kaguya (かぐや^?), is the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft.^[1] Produced by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and NASDA (both organizations that are now part of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA), the spacecraft was launched September 14, 2007. After successfully orbiting the moon for 1 year and 8 months, the main orbiter's operation finished by the controlled collision to the lunar surface on 18:25 June 10, 2009 (UTC).^[2]

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