Private lunar lander faces race against time after suffering ‘propellant leak' in troubled moon mission

The first U.S. commercial moon lander is facing a race against time after suffering a failure in its propulsion system just hours into its historic mission.Astrobotic Technology, which built the Peregrine lunar lander, is now attempting to get the spacecraft as close to the moon as possible before it loses power. Peregrine’s mission to reach the moon, which was expected to happen on Feb. 23, now appears doomed. “An ongoing propellant leak is causing the spacecraft’s Attitude Control System (ACS) thrusters t ...