https://spacewatch.global/tag/peregrine-lunar-lander/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:24:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/peregrine-lunar-lander/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/spacewatchgl-frontiers-peregrine-mission-1-the-odds-catch-up/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:00:42 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53122 By nighttime stateside, early European/Middle East/Africa morning today, and mid-day in Asia, the successfully launched Astrobotic Peregrine lander was confirmed having run into problems terminally dooming Mission 1. Astrobotic’s confirmed the issue reporting on their social media and press releases. And like with any failure, let’s take a healing look at facts and lessons learned. The first lesson is the obvious one: yes, space is hard. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/12/peregrine-lunar-lander-set-to-launch-on-christmas-eve/ Thu, 07 Dec 2023 07:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52688 The Peregrine Lunar Lander is set to land on Christmas eve. It intends to touch down on a region of ancient lunar lava flows, Sinus Viscositatis, the Bay of Stickiness. This will be the first mission to launch under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. It will lift off on the first flight of the United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/peregrine-lunar-lander-completes-flight-acceptance-campaign/ Fri, 27 Jan 2023 07:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46254 https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/astrobotic-to-develop-new-commercial-payload-service-for-nasas-human-landing-system/ Wed, 06 May 2020 05:00:35 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22197 Astrobotic proudly announced on 4 May 2020 that it is has been selected to develop and lead a new commercial payload service onboard the Dynetics Human Landing System (HLS).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/astrobotics-john-thornton-named-ceo-of-the-year-at-the-pittsburgh-tech50-awards/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 05:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16225 John Thornton of Astrobotic was named CEO of the Year by the Pittsburgh Technology Council. The award was announced at the 23rdannual Tech50 awards ceremony, held in Pittsburgh.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/08/astrobotic-selects-united-launch-alliance-vulcan-centaur-rocket-to-launch-its-first-mission-to-the-moon/ Wed, 21 Aug 2019 05:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15691 Astrobotic has selected United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket in a competitive commercial procurement to launch its Peregrine lunar lander to the moon in 2021.]]>