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NASA lost a lunar spacecraft one day after launch. A new report shows what went wrong

NPR | By Joe Palca
Published February 28, 2026 at 7:56 AM EST

Why did a $72 million mission to study water on the moon fail so soon after launch? A new NASA report has the answer.

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