2024-01-11 01:10:03
United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) first Vulcan rocket is being launched from Cape Canaveral Space Station in Florida on the 8th (local time). (provided by Astrobotic)
[신화망 미국 로스앤젤레스 1월11일] Astrobotic, an American private space company, announced on the 9th that the lunar lander ‘Peregrine’, launched on the 8th (local time), suffered a propellant fuel leak due to a system failure. Astrobotic has admitted that ‘Peregrine’ failed to make a soft landing on the moon.
Earlier, in the early morning of the 8th (Eastern US time), ‘Peregrine’ was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Station in Florida on a ‘Vulcan Centaur rocket’ researched and developed by United Launch Alliance (ULA). However, due to a malfunction in Peregrine’s propulsion system, it was unable to properly position itself towards the sun.
The technical team adjusted ‘Peregrine’ to face the sun as much as possible to enable solar charging. ‘Peregrine’ is known to be capable of flying in space for approximately 40 hours. Astrobotic announced that it will increase the flight time of ‘Peregrine’ as much as possible to collect more information needed for the next lunar exploration mission to be scheduled in regarding a year.
‘Peregrine’ was originally planned to attempt a soft landing on the lunar surface on the 23rd of next month. This is the United States’ first lunar exploration in 50 years and the first lunar exploration by a private company.
According to American media reports, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) paid $108 million to Astrobotic and installed experimental equipment on ‘Paygreen.’
Original source: Xinhua News Agency Korean News Service
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