hopping

It is unlikely that the instruments on board can now be used, including a drill to penetrate the lunar soil, a hopping robot to explore a shadowed crater, and the first lunar antenna.

A private US company will attempt to land a spacecraft close to the Moon's South Pole on Thursday, carrying scientific instruments including a hopping robot and the first lunar mobile communications antenna.

"When I first met Riley he already knew he was going to lose the bottom half of his leg and he was practicing hopping up the stairs," Mr Day said.

For years, he got to all his gigs by public transit, hopping buses and trains to local clubs until he could afford his own set of wheels.

“I’m hopping in my car to drive to Pasadena — I don’t know where I’m going to go,” he said.