The Quest for the Moon: Hits, Misses, and Historic Moments

Moon landings remain a challenge, with recent missions demonstrating successes and failures. Intuitive Machines' Athena lander overturned upon descent, similar to its initial failure, while Firefly Aerospace had a successful landing. Historically, roughly half of all attempts at lunar landing have failed, such as famous cases like Israel's Beresheet and Japan's sideways landing. Notwithstanding these setbacks, nations such as India have succeeded with Chandrayaan-3, making the fourth country to successfully land on the moon.

Source: CNN, Times of India, Business Standard, NBC News