Related: As crippled Peregrine moon lander burns up in Earth's atmosphere, Astrobotic 'excited for ... a four-legged soft-landing at the Gruithuisen Domes region of the moon.

NASA launched the Artemis program, in part, to conduct scientific missions to the moon and unravel mysteries of its lunar surface like the Gruithuisen Domes. Named after Franz von Gruithuisen ...

The Lunar-VISE mission, currently in its development phase and slated for a 2028 launch date, will travel across the Gruithuisen Domes on the near side of the moon for 10 days. One of Lunar-VISE ...

Now, though, the spacecraft is barreling back toward Earth, and while the team is sure it could keep it from burning up, Astrobotic’s latest Peregrine update says that it is safer to let the ...

Blue Ghost will then land in the Gruithuisen Domes, deploy the rover, and support payload operations for more than 14 days on the lunar surface. The NASA payloads onboard Blue Ghost include the ...

But within hours of launch, the Peregrine spacecraft developed a propellant leak in its propulsion system. Although the Astrobotic engineering team fought valiantly, they could not control the ...

Unfortunately, Peregrine soon found itself struggling as a propellant leak eventually forced Astrobotic to reroute the lander for Earth, where it found assured destruction as it burned up during ...