A historic private mission to land on the Moon faced near-certain failure Monday after the spacecraft suffered a 'critical loss' of fuel, dealing a major blow to America's hopes of placing its first robot on the lunar surface in five decades.
A few hours later, Astrobotic began reporting technical troubles, starting with an inability to orient Peregrine's top-mounted solar panel towards the Sun and keep its onboard battery topped up, due to a malfunction in its propulsion system.
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