The Latest Breaking News from Astrobotic

An historic commercial US mission to the Moon will fail after suffering a critical loss of fuel, organizers admitted Tuesday, ending for the time being America's hopes of placing its first spacecraft on the lunar surface since the Apollo era.

A crippling fuel leak has forced a U.S. company to give up on landing a spacecraft on the moon

The spacecraft, a collaboration between Nasa and Astrobotic, is unlikely to reach the lunar surface

The clock is ticking for Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander as the spacecraft continues to leak propellant into space. The company is now trying to salvage what it can from the mission.

Astrobotic's Peregrine Lander has set the stage for a new era of commercial missions to the moon in the coming years.

Astrobotic company says goal is now to get US spacecraft as far as possible before it loses power

U.S. moon landing attempt seems doomed after fuel leak. Astrobotic’s apparent failure could complicate the U.S.’s strategy to ship hardware to the moon using the commercial sector

The photo shows a disturbance in some of Peregrine's insulation, which is consistent with a problem in the moon lander's propulsion system.

Just six hours into its maiden flight, Astrobotic Technology's Peregrine moon lander has experienced a technical fault that doomed the mission.

Astrobotic's Peregrine lander suffered a problem with its propulsion system today (Jan. 8) that will apparently prevent it from journeying to the moon.

Astrobotic Technology launches Peregrine spacecraft to the moon, aiming to be the first private business to land on the moon. NASA provides millions to build and fly lunar landers.