Japan Crashes into The Moon, but Slower Than Last Time

Scott Manley June 6, 2025
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Scott Manley is someone who fell into YouTube because he felt a deep compelling need to teach people orbital mechanics and rocket science so they could play Kerbal Space Program, now, years later the gaming videos are less important and the pure science is the main thrust. My degrees are all in Physics and Astronomy, so much of the rocket science and engineering I've learned is self taught, always learning, always teaching. I used to do this as a hobby, along with my day job in software development, but that recently came to an end and I'm really appreciating everyone who has chosen to support my work through Patreon.

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Based on my guess iSpace probably hit the moon a bit more slowly than last time, which is progress of sorts, but this landing is something of the inverse result of the previous flight where the spacecraft successfully stopped at a point high above the moon before falling. This time the navigation tried to stop at a spot just below the surface. Follow me on Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/DJSnM I have a discord server where I regularly turn up: https://discord.gg/zStmKbM If you really like what I do you can support me directly through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/scottmanley