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@adamshostack @tpuddle Some recent missions: Moon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter Mars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter Other countries have missions as well. It's true that the Moon’s lack of atmosphere and slow rotation make thermal management for surface missions a challenge. Two recent surface landers perished during the lunar night (but they weren't designed to survive it).