Europe's Moon mission ambitions boosted by landing rocket test success

ESA moon lander

European Space Agency plans for a robotic Moon landing have been boosted by successful testing of a rocket motor which ESA engineers plan to use to control the lander's descent on the 2018 expedition.

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