Watch: NASA’s prototype Moon lander crashes and burns

By Muriel Kane
Friday, August 10, 2012 21:28 EDT
Project Morpheus crash screencap
 
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Video is now available of the speculacular crash of NASA’s low-cast experimental Moon lander, Project Morpheus.

A test-firing of the engines last winter went smoothly, but the first test of autonomous free flight failed within seconds.

The space agency is taking the failure in stride as part of the normal developmental process.

This video was uploaded to YouTube on August 9, 2012 by toastforbrekkie.

 
 
 
 
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