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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday.

WASHINGTON – A private company’s second attempt to land on the Moon officially ended on March 7 after its Athena spaceship came down sideways in a repeat of a 2024 off-kilter landing.

Of the four CLPS missions attempted so far, only one lander managed an upright touchdown, two landed sideways, and one failed to reach the Moon altogether.