Illustration of NASA astronauts on the lunar South Pole. Credit: NASA
Illustration of NASA astronauts on the lunar South Pole. Credit: NASA

Right now, the remains of three private spacecraft rest on the moon, with one more lost in Earth orbit. And that is incredible. First came Israel’s Beresheet, which crashed on the lunar surface in 2019. Next was Astrobotic’s Peregrine, which suffered an anomaly and was ordered to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere in early 2024. […]

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