> Landing on celestial bodies is hard, looks like only China has ever managed a first attempt Chang'e 3 programme did so.[0] Indeed. It actually took the Sovie

> Landing on celestial bodies is hard, looks like only China has ever managed a first attempt Chang'e 3 programme did so.[0] Indeed. It actually took the Soviet Union 12 attempts to land on the moon in the original Luna program. That actually seems excessive even for the Soviet above-average failure rate.