NASA's Lunar Flashlight Mission Fails to Reach Orbit.

NASA has shut down the Lunar Flashlight mission after it failed to go into orbit due to the failure of three of its four thrusters. The mission was designed to search for water ice hidden in the permanently shadowed craters located on the lunar south pole. Engineers believe that the fuel feed system had become blocked with debris, which caused the thruster issues. Despite the failure, many of the other components of the system were considered a success, and the spacecraft will continue to send data back home as it orbits the Sun.