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American Company’s Spacecraft Malfunctions on Its Way to the Moon (www.nytimes.com)
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After a flawless launch to orbit, the privately built robotic Peregrine lander is unlikely to reach the lunar surface because of a failure in its propulsion system.

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[–] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

To be clear, that was the original title. I did not editorialize it; they changed it after I posted. It's now "American Company’s Spacecraft Malfunctions on Its Way to the Moon", but was "Moon Lander Malfunctions After Launch, Raising Questions for NASA". I've updated the title.