NASA is getting an up-close look at one of the moon's newest craters, but this beauty mark wasn't caused by a space rock that got just a little too close. It was created by the impact of a spacecraft that NASA deliberately smashed into the moon at 3,800 miles per hour. The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft, which studied the moon's atmosphere, crashed into the surface of the far side on the completion of its seven-month mission in April.

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