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NASA spots Japan's doomed 'Resilience' moon lander from orbit — and it's surrounded by far-flung debris

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NASA and ISRO satellites snap photos of Japan 's ruined lunar lander Resilience .

Some of the images show pieces of debris scattered around the crash site.

The lander was scheduled to land in the Mare Frigoris, or "Sea of Cold ," region of the moon's northern hemisphere on June 5 .

It experienced a "hard landing" that likely tore the spacecraft apart and led to the loss of all of its payloads.