Fifty-five years after the United States made its first historic Moon landing, nothing seems to be going right as it plans first crewed return to the lunar surface in the 21st century.
Astrobotic Technology, developer of the lunar lander, on January 19 announced that just 11 days after its launch, the spacecraft experienced a critical fuel leak, resulting in its failure. Aside from being the first commercially-built U.S. moon lander, its mission also represented the first U.S. lunar expedition in
