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Mike Wall

Japan's Resilience moon lander aces lunar flyby ahead of historic touchdown try (photo)

A photograph of the moon.

The private Resilience lunar lander just got its first up-close look at the moon.

Resilience, which was built by Japanese company ispace, aced a flyby of the moon on Friday evening (Feb. 14), coming within a mere 5,220 miles (8,400 kilometers) of Earth's nearest neighbor.

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