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As the crippled Peregrine lunar lander burns up in Earth’s atmosphere, Astrobotic is ‘excited for the next adventure’

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Astrobotic remains optimistic about its Peregrine lunar lander despite the failure of the probe’s debut mission. Peregine launched the maiden flight of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket on January 8. While the launch went smoothly, Peregrine suffered a propulsion anomaly just hours into its mission, causing a significant propellant leak. It quickly … Read more

The first American spacecraft to attempt a moon landing in decades burns up after a failed mission

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. After flying hundreds of thousands of miles through space and battling a propellant problem that derailed its plans, the Peregrine lunar lander has likely met its fiery end. The spacecraft was expected to end its … Read more

The Peregrine Falcon lunar lander’s mission ends in a fiery reentry over the Pacific Ocean

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. After flying hundreds of thousands of miles through space and battling a propellant problem that derailed its plans, the Peregrine lunar lander has likely met its fiery end. The spacecraft was expected to end its … Read more

The first U.S. lunar lander launched in more than fifty years is headed for a fiery end. This is what happened in space

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The Peregrine spacecraft — launched last week in the first U.S. mission to pursue a moon landing in more than 50 years — is on its way back to Earth and is expected to make a fiery return after a critical fuel leak scuppered its lunar ambitions. The failed moon landing attempt is a setback … Read more

The first U.S. lunar lander launched in more than fifty years is headed for a fiery end. This is what happened in space

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The Peregrine spacecraft — launched last week in the first U.S. mission to pursue a moon landing in more than 50 years — is on its way back to Earth and is expected to make a fiery return after a critical fuel leak scuppered its lunar ambitions. The failed moon landing attempt is a setback … Read more

NASA’s plans to return to the moon come to nothing

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Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science newsletter Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. Humans landed on the moon in the late 1960s and 1970s during NASA’s Apollo program using computers that had far less processing power than today’s smartphones. Yet landing on the moon, … Read more

NASA’s plans to return to the moon come to nothing

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Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s science newsletter Wonder Theory. To receive it in your inbox, Register for free here. Humans landed on the moon in the late 1960s and 1970s during NASA’s Apollo program using computers that had far less processing power than today’s smartphones. Yet landing on the moon, … Read more

The failure of the private Peregrine lunar lander will not stop NASA’s ambitious commercial lunar program

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NEW ORLEANS – It was just two days ago that Peregrine, the inaugural private lander contracted under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, brilliantly rocketed into space aboard the Vulcan’s first private flight United Launch Alliance rocket. Just hours into the journey, Peregrine began to fail. Astrobotic, the company behind the spacecraft, continues to provide … Read more

Rocket launched into space carrying remains of 330 people, including George Washington

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X user @xFuHxQx Claim: In January 2024, a rocket was launched into space carrying the remains or DNA samples of 330 people, including George Washington, John F. Kennedy and members of the cast of “Star Trek.” Judgement: Rating: true Context: On January 8, 2024, a rocket was launched as part of Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One … Read more

What science could do it?

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On Monday (Jan. 8), the first private U.S. lunar spacecraft, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander, successfully launched from Florida on the first-ever mission of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket. Peregrine is expected to reach the lunar surface on February 23, but it is unclear whether that will happen: the lander suffered an anomaly shortly after deploying … Read more