America's Peregrine One mission to the moon fails
January 19, 2024 - 2:50 PM![](https://lknews.lk/data/202401/1705656025_535128LKmoon.jpg)
The US spacecraft that was launched last week to land on the moon has caught fire and fallen into the Pacific Ocean.
Foreign media reports that Peregrine One was destroyed due to a propulsion error that ended the hope of landing on the moon.
Astrobotic, a private company based in Pittsburgh, directed Peregrine One into the Earth's atmosphere to bu .
A tracking station in Canberra, Australia has confirmed the loss of Peregrine One's signal.
If the remnants of Peregrine One are left on the surface of the ocean, they should be kept away from any population, according to foreign media.
Astrobotic, a private company, aimed to send five NASA instruments to the moon's surface later this decade to study the local environment.
If Peregrine One is able to successfully land on the moon, it will become the first American mission to do so after half a century, and the first private business in America to launch a moon mission, foreign media further reports.
(lknews.lk)
Foreign media reports that Peregrine One was destroyed due to a propulsion error that ended the hope of landing on the moon.
Astrobotic, a private company based in Pittsburgh, directed Peregrine One into the Earth's atmosphere to bu .
A tracking station in Canberra, Australia has confirmed the loss of Peregrine One's signal.
If the remnants of Peregrine One are left on the surface of the ocean, they should be kept away from any population, according to foreign media.
Astrobotic, a private company, aimed to send five NASA instruments to the moon's surface later this decade to study the local environment.
If Peregrine One is able to successfully land on the moon, it will become the first American mission to do so after half a century, and the first private business in America to launch a moon mission, foreign media further reports.
(lknews.lk)