In 1966 the Soviets placed their
Luna 9
probe on the moon.
A few days ago the Japanese tried to land again with their SLIM probe, but they did not succeed perfectly.
Sixty years later, and after up to twelve men have set foot on the Moon, what is happening that makes it still so difficult to reach the satellite?
In this installment of
Esto va (d)espacio
,
Materia
journalist
Daniel Mediavilla remembers the successes—and also the failures—that explain what goes wrong in the different missions to explain the ins and outs of a goal in the space race that continues to be expensive.