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Private lunar lander- Peregrine Mission-1- which launched from the US suffered an "anomaly" which experts are trying to resolve..
The brand new rocket, United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan Centaur, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41d at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida.(AFP).
It appeared to lift off into space as planned but American company Astrobotic- which is controlling the launch- said an anomaly occurred as after successfully separating from United Launce Alliance's Vulcan rocket, Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander began receiving telemetry via the NASA Deep Space Network..
'The lunar lander was carrying remains of several Star Trek cast members and DNA of former US president John F. Kennedy along with scientific instruments...
Although NASA's new Artemis program, which is named after the twin sister of Apollo in Greek mythology, looks to return astronauts to the moons surface within the next few years, the space agency has said..
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