Despite the failure of the United States’ first commercial lunar lander to launch in space, Astrobotic Technology continues to push forward with its next lunar mission and is still on schedule to launch before the end of the year. The hardware build of the Astrobotic Griffin Mission One lander is currently on display at the… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. After flying hundreds of thousands of kilometers in space and struggling with a propellant problem that thwarted its plans, the Peregrine lunar lander likely met its violent end. The spacecraft was expected to complete its… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. After flying hundreds of thousands of kilometers in space and struggling with a propellant problem that thwarted its plans, the Peregrine lunar lander likely met its violent end. The spacecraft was expected to complete its… Read More »
The Peregrine spacecraft, launched last week on the first U.S. mission aiming to land on the moon in more than 50 years, is headed for Earth and is expected to make a fiery re-entry after a critical fuel leak disrupted its lunar ambitions. The failed moon landing attempt is a setback for NASA’s Commercial Lunar… Read More »
The Peregrine spacecraft, launched last week on the first U.S. mission aiming to land on the moon in more than 50 years, is headed for Earth and is expected to make a fiery re-entry after a critical fuel leak disrupted its lunar ambitions. The failed moon landing attempt is a setback for NASA’s Commercial Lunar… Read More »
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. Humans landed on the moon during NASA’s Apollo program in the late 1960s and 1970s using computers with much less processing power than today’s smartphones. Still, even fifty years later,… Read More »
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. Humans landed on the moon during NASA’s Apollo program in the late 1960s and 1970s using computers with much less processing power than today’s smartphones. Still, even fifty years later,… Read More »
Astrobotic Technology, the company behind the lunar lander trying to make the first US return to the moon, has officially admitted that it will not achieve its ultimate goal. Late Monday, the Pittsburgh-based firm released a statement saying an ongoing fuel leak had caused the Peregrine lander’s Altitude Control System thrusters to “operate well beyond… Read More »
Astrobotic Technology, which developed the first lunar lander to be launched from the United States in fifty years, said it abandoned its attempt to place the Peregrine spacecraft on the moon less than 24 hours after the vehicle took flight. According to the company, the spacecraft suffered “critical” fuel loss due to a fuel leak.… Read More »
Astrobotic Technology, which is developing the first lunar lander to be launched from the United States in fifty years, said the spacecraft suffered “critical” fuel loss while trying to right itself after encountering a major problem in space. Just hours after launching toward the moon from Florida on Monday morning, the company announced that the… Read More »