Peregrine Mission One
Peregrine Lunar Lander flight 01, commonly referred to as Peregrine Mission One, was an unsuccessful American lunar lander mission. The lander, dubbed Peregrine, was built by Astrobotic Technology and carried payloads for the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. Peregrine Mission One launched on 8 January 2024, at 2:18 am EST, on the maiden flight of the Vulcan Centaur (Vulcan) rocket. The goal was to land the first U.S.-built lunar lander on the Moon since the crewed Apollo Lunar Module on Apollo 17 in 1972.
Peregrine ahead of launch | |
| Mission type | Lunar landing and surface operations (initially planned), scientific experiments |
|---|---|
| Operator | Astrobotic Technology |
| COSPAR ID | 2024-006A |
| SATCAT no. | 58751 |
| Mission duration | 10 days (final) One lunar day (14 Earth days) on the lunar surface (initially planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Peregrine |
| Launch mass | 1,283 kg (2,829 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 8 January 2024, 07:18:38 UTC |
| Rocket | Vulcan Centaur VC2S |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | 18 January 2024, 21:04 UTC |
| Moon lander | |
| Spacecraft component | Peregrine Lunar Lander |
| Landing date | 23 February 2024 (precluded) |
| Landing site | Sinus Viscositatis (Bay of Stickiness, precluded) |
Mission Patch | |
The lander carried multiple payloads, with a total payload mass capacity of 90 kg. Shortly after the lander separated from the Vulcan rocket in lunar injection orbit, a propellant leak developed that prevented the lander from completing its mission. After six days in orbit, the spacecraft was directed back into Earth's atmosphere, where it burned up over the Pacific Ocean on 18 January.