Lunar Landing Moon 2024. Seven months after its first lunar lander fell short of reaching the moon, astrobotic announced tuesday that the spacecraft was stricken by a valve failure that caused. An uncrewed lunar lander that launched from cape canaveral, fla., last week is scheduled to land near the moon's south pole on thursday.

On wednesday morning, a robotic lunar lander launched by a houston company got closer to reaching the moon. The lander is upright and starting to.