2024-01-08 19:35:57
The new Vulcan Centaur launcher took off from Cape Canaveral on Monday January 8, with on board the Peregrine mission, a lunar lander designed by the private company Astrobotic. ” I am very happy “said Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA), from the control room. “It’s the result of years of hard work. So far, it’s been an absolutely wonderful mission. »
A few hours later, the company Astrobotic announced that the mission was in danger after a « anomalies ». The device, named Peregrine, was powered up shortly after separation from the rocket, and communication was successfully established. But “Unfortunately, an anomaly occurred which prevented Astrobotic from achieving a stable orientation facing the Sun”the company explained in a statement on X.
If all had gone well, Peregrine would have marked the first soft moon landing for the United States since the last Apollo mission, in 1972, and the first ever moon landing by a private company.
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