Astrobotic's Attempt at First Commercial Moon Landing Derailed Following "Critical" Fuel Loss

Astrobotic had set out to do what no other private space company had done before: land on the Moon. Founded in 2007 by leading roboticist Red Whittaker, the space company had plans to send its Vulcan Centaur rocket to the Moon, where a lunar lander named Peregrine would land on its surface.Peregrine was set to mark the first lunar lander to touch down on the Moon in over five decades. It would also make history as the first lunar lander from a commercial company.Unfortunately for Astrobotic, the...