America Botches First Lunar Lander Mission in Decades, Peregrine Will Not Reach the Moon

On Monday, January 8, we were all thrilled to see the Peregrine Mission One lift off from the Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. A collaborative effort between NASA, Astrobotic, and United Launch Alliance (ULA), the mission was supposed to put the first American lander on the Moon in more than five decades. And “was” is the keyword here. The mission launched on top of a (continue reading...)