Trouble in Space: First US Moon Lander in 50 Years Presents ‘Anomaly’, and Mission Is Endangered
The way back to the moon may prove to be harder than it seems.
The first U.S. lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed to space Monday, but trouble seems to be already afoot.
The private lunar lander launched from the US this morning appears to have suffered an ‘anomaly’ – with experts trying to tackle the problem.
Peregrine Mission-1 – which took off on a new massive Vulcan rocket – aims to become the first US spacecraft to land on the moon’s surface since Apollo 17 in 1972; everything appeared to go well as it lifted off into space as planned.
Associated Press reported:
“But about seven hours after liftoff,
