Astrobotic’s lunar lander falls into South Pacific after missing out on moon landing
GeekWire
JANUARY 18, 2024
After days of troubleshooting, Astrobotic and NASA determined that the best course was to send the 8-foot-wide robotic spacecraft on a looping orbit that went out more than 240,000 miles from Earth — and then came back for a controlled re-entry over a remote area of the South Pacific.
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