Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. After flying hundreds of thousands of miles through space and battling a propellant problem that derailed its plans, the Peregrine lunar lander has likely met its fiery end. The spacecraft was expected to end its … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. After flying hundreds of thousands of miles through space and battling a propellant problem that derailed its plans, the Peregrine lunar lander has likely met its fiery end. The spacecraft was expected to end its … Read more
The Peregrine spacecraft — launched last week in the first U.S. mission to pursue a moon landing in more than 50 years — is on its way back to Earth and is expected to make a fiery return after a critical fuel leak scuppered its lunar ambitions. The failed moon landing attempt is a setback … Read more
The Peregrine spacecraft — launched last week in the first U.S. mission to pursue a moon landing in more than 50 years — is on its way back to Earth and is expected to make a fiery return after a critical fuel leak scuppered its lunar ambitions. The failed moon landing attempt is a setback … Read more
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science newsletter Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. Humans landed on the moon in the late 1960s and 1970s during NASA’s Apollo program using computers that had far less processing power than today’s smartphones. Yet landing on the moon, … Read more
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science newsletter Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. Humans landed on the moon in the late 1960s and 1970s during NASA’s Apollo program using computers that had far less processing power than today’s smartphones. Yet landing on the moon, … Read more
Astrobotic Technology, the company that developed the first lunar lander launched from the United States in five decades, said its spacecraft suffered “critical” propellant loss while attempting to self-correct after encountering a major problem in space. Just hours after launching from Florida toward the moon early Monday morning, the company announced the spacecraft was in … Read more
Astrobotic Technology, the company that developed the first lunar lander launched from the United States in five decades, said its spacecraft suffered “critical” propellant loss while attempting to self-correct after encountering a major problem in space. Just hours after launching from Florida toward the moon early Monday morning, the company announced the spacecraft was in … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A towering new rocket has lifted off, carrying what could be the first commercial lander to land on the moon — and the first lunar landing mission launched from the United States since 1972. The … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A towering new rocket has lifted off, carrying what could be the first commercial lander to land on the moon — and the first lunar landing mission launched from the United States since 1972. The … Read more