NASA has paid a start-up just $108m (£85m) for five scientific instruments to be carried to the moon — a fraction of the cost of launching its own mission.
A private lunar lander which launched from the US this morning has suffered an «anomaly» — with experts trying to resolve the issue.
Peregrine Mission-1 — which took off at 7.18am UK time — aimed to become the first US spacecraft due to land on the moon’s surface since Apollo 17 in 1972 and appeared to lift off into space as planned.
But, American company Astrobotic, in control of the launch, said an «anomaly» has since occurred.
