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Japan's Lunar Landing today...scheduled for 12:40 EST
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The last udpdate was that they haven't been able to establish communication with the lander. Communication was lost shortly before the landing. 
IronWing
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Meghan54
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Not entirely unexpected, tho. Making successful soft landings on planetary bodies is quite difficult…very small club. Russia, USA and China are the only space programs to do it so far (I think…could be wrong, tho.)
Interestingly, Russia about only space program with repeated successful landings on Venus. US did one…Russia over half-dozen.
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You dispute these photos then?
Every picture from Venus' surface, ever
In 1975 and 1982, four of the Soviet Union’s Venera probes captured our only images of Venus’ surface.
www.planetary.org
Oh I thought the melted entering the atmosphereYou dispute these photos then?
Every picture from Venus' surface, ever
In 1975 and 1982, four of the Soviet Union’s Venera probes captured our only images of Venus’ surface.
Unfortunate, but it seems this was a bit closer to succeeding compared to previous similar attempts.
Nope... It's not quite that hot. Electronics don't last long on the surface though, just a few hours.
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