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Historic Moon Mission Is Falling Apart After ‘Critical’ Fuel Loss

This image, taken in space from a camera mounted atop Peregrine’s payload deck, shows a very warped Multi-Layer Insulation, “the first visual clue that aligns with our telemetry data pointing to a propulsion system anomaly,” Astrobotic said in statement.
This image, taken in space from a camera mounted atop Peregrine’s payload deck, shows a very warped Multi-Layer Insulation, “the first visual clue that aligns with our telemetry data pointing to a propulsion system anomaly,” Astrobotic said in statement. Photo: Astrobotic

A mission to land a private U.S. lander on the Moon, and the first U.S. lander since the Apollo era, looks to be ending before it even had a chance to get started. – George Dvorsky Read More

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