ULA rocket taking Astrobotic's lunar lander to space pushes back departure date following explosion during testing
April 19, 2023 at 15:03 PM EDT
John Thornton, CEO of Astrobotic, said the "rapid unplanned disassembly" — the engineer's term for an explosion — experienced during testing of the rocket that will take Astrobotic's lander to outer space is exactly why such tests occur in the first place to avoid the possibility of it happening on launch day.
