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TwitterFootage showing the dramatic descent of a probe minutes before it crashes into the surface of the Moon has been released by the Japanese space agency.The final moments of the Kaguya lunar probe were caught by its on-board high-definition camera as it hurtled downwards on June 11 and as it fell the images were beamed back to Earth As it sinks lower and lower the desolate and pockmarked landscape is seen looming ever larger as the spacecraft tumbles toward its final resting place.This is one of the final images taken by the probe before it hits the Moon, revealing its pock-marked surfaceThe white spot in the centre of the far left image shows the impact made by the probe.
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Amazing footage of lunar probe’s final moments before it crashes into Moon
June 24th, 2009 
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