Fuel leak forces US company to abandon moon landing attempt
Tuesday, 9 January 2024 The first US lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed to space gave up its hopes on Moon landing after the lander faced a "critical" fuel leak on Tuesday. Informing that there was "no chance of a soft landing on the Moon", the company said, "given the propellant fuel leak, there is, unfortunately, no chance of a soft landing on the Moon". The robotic lander, Peregrine, built by a private company Astrobotic had been facing several technical problems since its launch Monday.
The Peregrine 1 mission will be the first ever by a private company and the first launch to the moon by Americans in more than five decades. The U.S. spacecraft, seeking to become the first American mission in 51 years to make a soft landing on the moon, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It is...
The club of countries that can soft-land spacecraft on the Moon is continuing to grow, with Japan being the latest addition. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Friday confirmed that its..
A towering new rocket, the Vulcan Centaur, has taken flight from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying what could be the first commercial lander to touch down on the moon since 1972...
Astronauts will have to wait until next year before flying to the moon and another few years before landing on it, under latest round of delays announced by Nasa... IndiaTimes
Tuesday, 9 January 2024
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