A catastrophic fuel leak forced the American company to abandon a spacecraft lunar landing on Tuesday. Astrobotic Technology’s lander began losing fuel shortly after launch on Monday. The spacecraft also encountered problems targeting the solar panel and solar energy production.

“Unfortunately, given the rocket fuel leak, there is no chance of a soft landing on the Moon,” Astrobotic said in a statement.

Astrobotic planned to land on the moon on February 23, following a circuitous and economical flight to the moon. This could be the first U.S. moon landing in more than 50 years and the first moon landing by a private company. A second lander from the Houston-based company is expected to launch next month. There are only four countries that have successfully landed on the Moon.

The company said the new goal is to keep the lander in space for as long as possible and learn as much as possible for the next mission in a year or so. Flight controllers were able to point the spacecraft toward the sun, with its battery fully charged and expected to last another 40 hours.

The Pittsburgh-based company did not specify why the Peregrine lander’s engine system failed several hours after takeoff. NASA paid Astrobotic $108 million to fly its experiments to the moon as part of the mission, which is part of the agency’s commercial lunar program.