U.S. Space Command confirmed on 2024-01-19 that the Peregrine lunar lander reentered Earth on 2024-01-18.
Astrobotic confirmed 2024-01-17 that its Peregrine lunar lander will reenter over the South Pacific on 2024-01-18.
Astrobotic tested Peregrine’s main engines on 2024-01-13 and confirmed they worked.
Peregrine launched 2024-01-08 on the first United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur.
Astrobotic will continue to operate the Peregrine spacecraft and provide status updates until the end of the mission.
The fuel to oxidizer ratio for Peregrine's engines is outside of the normal operating range due to the anomaly.
Peregrine is currently about 234,000 miles away from Earth and will soon return to the atmosphere.
Astrobotic is validating the safety of Peregrine's re-entry through analyses in collaboration with the U.S. Government.
Astrobotic test-fired one of the Peregrine's main engines for the first time, achieving a 200-millisecond burn.
Astrobotic has been evaluating how best to safely end the Peregrine lunar lander's mission after an anomaly occurred 6 days ago.
Astrobotic believes that Peregrine's re-entry does not pose safety risks and expects the spacecraft to burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
The Peregrine spacecraft is currently leaking propellant at a very slow rate.
The recommendation received by Astrobotic is to let the Peregrine spacecraft burn up during re-entry in Earth's atmosphere.
All payloads designed to power on and communicate on Peregrine successfully achieved their science objectives.
Astrobotic is working with NASA and has received input from the space community and the U.S. Government regarding the safe course of action to end Peregrine's mission.
The Peregrine spacecraft has been operating in space for 6 days and 16 hours.
The team projects that Peregrine has enough remaining propellant to maintain sun pointing and perform small maneuvers.
The Astrobotic Mission Team has worked to stabilize the Peregrine spacecraft and enable data collection from active payloads.
Astrobotic has decided to maintain the Peregrine spacecraft's trajectory to re-enter Earth's atmosphere.
Data from the test-firing indicated that Peregrine could have some main engine propulsive capability.