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A robotic lander built by a private company suffered a technical problem on its way to the moon on Monday, threatening to upend the first U.S. soft lunar landing in over 50 years.The issue with the lander's propulsion system followed a successful launch of a new Vulcan rocket debuted by a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin.Space robotics firm Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander launched at 2:18 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on the first flight of Vulcan, a powerful rocket that had been under development for…

New York-based stand-up comedian Kenny DeForest, who made appearances on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” “The Late Late Show With James Corden,” and HBO’s “Crashing,” died Wednesday after succumbing to injuries sustained when he was struck by a motor vehicle while riding his bike. He was 37.Ryan Beck, a friend of DeForest, broke the news via a GoFundMe he set up to help with the comedian’s medical expenses. The comedian was taken to Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn last Friday after the accident and underwent…