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Sideways US Lander Sends First Images Back From Moon

A lunar lander from the United States, which toppled over during its touchdown, has transmitted its initial images from the southernmost point ever reached by any craft on the Moon. An American lunar lander that tipped over during touchdown has sent back its first images from the farthest south any vessel has ever landed on the Moon. The ...

US Lunar Lander Fails After 'Critical Loss' of Fuel

A historic private mission to land on the Moon was facing near-certain failure Monday after the spacecraft suffered a critical loss of fuel. This was a major blow to America's hopes of placing its first robot on the lunar surface in five decades. Fixed to the top of United Launch Alliance's new Vulcan rocket, Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander ...