[Thinkin' Gal]

First European spacecraft to moon makes planned crash landing on lunar surface.

"Aahhhh, I meant to do that."

[jmcenanly]

Actually, except for the Surveyor Landers and the Clemnentine probe , all American Lunar Missions featured a crash landing on the Moon. The apollo missions dropped the ascent module on the surface after the crew transferred back to the CSM.