At the end of its (her) mission, NASA’s LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment) spacecraft crashed into the lunar surface on the Far Side of the Moon on the morning of 18 April 2014. The impact occurred at 0430 and 0522 GMT. NASA plans to image the impact site. The spacecraft was deliberately crashed after having had its orbit gradually lowered previously. The spacecraft was launched in September 2014 and entered lunar orbit in October to study the lunar atmosphere.
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