Peregrine lander: American Moon mission destroyed over Pacific Ocean - BBC News

The Peregrine One spacecraft burns up in Earth's atmosphere after failing to reach the Moon.

10 hours agocommentsCommentsShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, AstroboticImage caption, Astrobotic posted a video showing the spacecraft's view of Earth just after launchBy Jonathan AmosScience correspondentA US spacecraft launched last week to try to land on the Moon has ended its mission in flames over the Pacific.

Peregrine One suffered a propulsion fault that scuppered any prospect of a lunar touch-down and it was commanded to destroy itself instead.

The private operator, Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic, directed the craft into Earth's atmosphere to burn up.

A tracking station in Canberra, Australia, confirmed loss of signal with Peregrine at 20:59 GMT.

Little or no remains of Peregrine were expected to survive intact to the ocean surface. And even if they did, they should have impacted far away from any population.

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