• rammer@sopuli.xyz
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    9 months ago

    It’s amazing that it landed as softly as it did.

    Considering that one of its rocket nozzles fell off during descent.

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      9 months ago

      If what you say is true, this is the second time a Japanese mission has been salvaged after a failure of rocket nozzle. The Kaguya mission to Venus failed to enter Venusian orbit after the main engine nozzle exploded. They managed to enter the orbit during their next pass using the smaller attitude thrusters.