This evening the Lignian Space Agency’s unmanned Moon lander crashed on the surface on the Moon. The intent for this mission was to prepare for a manned mission however the mission took a catastrophic turn as it the landing failed and crashed into the surface of the Moon. The reason for why this happened is still being analyzed by the LSA team. This event came to a shock to many and is beginning to raise questions about whether the manned Moon mission will be safe. In an interview with the LSA they responded to the situation by saying “We will get to the bottom of this and guarentee that nothing like this will happen again”. The failure occured as the lander was touching down on the Moon when it lost control and crashing into the Moon’s surface repeatedly. The damage to the lander was significant and LSA analysts believe that the only thing that survived was one of the engines and the crew module, however, this is just a speculation. This failure will set back the LSA because they will not be able to test modules on the Moon. The lander is one of a kind lander; it uses experimental nuclear engines that provide highly efficient thrust, it also had an attached drill to take samples of the Moon. The lander was planned to test drilling, sample storage, solar charging, takeoff, and returning to Earth. The LSA is currently working on improving their design further by adding more intensive emergency control loss systems and crew ejection modules in case of an incident like this reoccurring. This event will be remembered in Lignian history and should be a learning experience for future missions and programs. More information about the accident will be posted soon. 

The LSA Lunar Crew has returned to Earth after successfully completing their mission on the moon. The crew brought back samples of the moon and have been the first Lignians on the Moon. They landed on June 9 at approximately 11:40 AM. They landed back on Earth on June 14 at approximately 1:30 PM. The entire mission went to plan correctly and all of the astronauts landed in one piece. The LSA has more plans for manned lunar expediditions as well as unmanned expeditions. The images show the crew on the moon next to the flag and lander , the lander after landing on Earth, and an image of the moon through the window as they were landing.