Lunar lander issue complicates privately-led U.S. moon mission

Muzammil Hussain January 09, 2024

A thin rocketis shown ascending in the air with massive clouds of smoke trailing it in a night time photograph.

A robotic lander built by a private company suffered a technical problem on its way to the moon on Monday, threatening to upend the first U.S. soft lunar landing in over 50 years.

A robotic lander built by a private company suffered a technical problem on its way to the moon on Monday, threatening to upend the first U.S. soft lunar landing in over 50 years. A thin rocketis shown ascending in the air with massive clouds of smoke trailing it in a night time photograph.

A robotic lander built by a private company suffered a technical problem on its way to the moon on Monday, threatening to upend the first U.S. soft lunar landing in over 50 years.

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