On This Day In Space: Sept. 3, 2006: SMART-1 Spacecraft Crashes Into the Moon

On Sept. 3, 2006, a European satellite named SMART-1 crashed into the moon! This wasn't actually as disastrous as it sounds, because the spacecraft did it on purpose.

On This Day In Space: Sept. 3, 2006: SMART-1 Spacecraft Crashes Into the Moon
On Sept. 3, 2006, a European satellite named SMART-1 crashed into the moon! This wasn't actually as disastrous as it sounds, because the spacecraft did it on purpose.