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5 months ago
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Astrobotic's Peregrine Lander Is Making a Fiery Re-Entry to Earth Right Now

The Peregrine lander from Astrobotic had a propulsion system failure and had to be destroyed before reaching the Moon's surface.
Astrobotic had a contract with NASA to transport scientific instruments to the Moon as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. [ more ]
www.npr.org
5 months ago
Science

Peregrine moon lander heads back toward Earth and should burn up in the atmosphere

The Astrobotic Peregrine lander, which suffered a propellant leak, is now expected to burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
The mission was to be the first time an American company sent a spacecraft to the moon in more than 50 years. [ more ]
Mail Online
5 months ago
OMG science

NASA-backed spacecraft carrying JFK's DNA will only survive 40 HOURS

Astrobotic's Peregrine lander developed a fuel leak shortly after launching
The lander only has enough fuel to last 40 hours before losing power completely [ more ]
Inverse
5 months ago
OMG science

Astrobotic's Peregrine Lander Is Making a Fiery Re-Entry to Earth Right Now

The Peregrine lander from Astrobotic had a propulsion system failure and had to be destroyed before reaching the Moon's surface.
Astrobotic had a contract with NASA to transport scientific instruments to the Moon as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. [ more ]
www.npr.org
5 months ago
Science

Peregrine moon lander heads back toward Earth and should burn up in the atmosphere

The Astrobotic Peregrine lander, which suffered a propellant leak, is now expected to burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
The mission was to be the first time an American company sent a spacecraft to the moon in more than 50 years. [ more ]
Mail Online
5 months ago
OMG science

NASA-backed spacecraft carrying JFK's DNA will only survive 40 HOURS

Astrobotic's Peregrine lander developed a fuel leak shortly after launching
The lander only has enough fuel to last 40 hours before losing power completely [ more ]
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