The Peregrine mission abandoned its mission to reach the Moon after “losing a critical fuel”.

He Peregrine VolDeparted at this Monday the moon More than fifty years since the last moon landing AmericaThe company said it has only 40 hours of fuel remaining, which will not allow it to reach its planned destination of February 23. Astropodic.

The Peregrine Mission One (PM1) Successfully launched early on Monday Powerful new Vulcan Centaur rocket of United Launch Alliance (ULA) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Inside Florida But after a few hours it started losing power.

Although the engineers coped Restoration panels From Vol The sun for your energy supply And regaining contact with the ship, they showed “a critical loss of fuel”. Astropodic In an update on the mission.

“If so Motivations can continue“Based on current fuel consumption we believe the spacecraft will continue in a fixed orientation for approximately 40 hours,” the company said. Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania).

Given the new panorama, Astropodic He said the aim now is to bring Peregrine Vol “as much as possible” the moon before it loses power.

The block was before it a 46 day journey to reach Lunar surface And as First American ship First moon landing in 1972.

Pilgrim Carries scientific instruments Pot As part of its initiative Commercial Lunar Cargo Services (CLPS) A Study of Whose Purpose Lunar outer sphere (outer layer), the Thermal properties of lunar regolith (a layer of unconsolidated material resting on solid rock), is abundant Hydrogen On the ground and continuously on the landing site Radiation environment.

The InvestigationsOne of them is Mexican, and will help you understand better processes and planetary evolutionLook for evidence of existence Water and other resourcesand support A standard human study Long term.

In this sense, the Pot It promised on Monday that despite the “recession” of the lunar module, it is “high Instruments for space exploration”.

Administrator of Pot, Bill Nelson“Victory” on this day was highlighted in social networks The new Vulcan Centaur rocket.

He added that Astropodic “Moving forward” for distribution as part of the initiative CLPS And Project Artemis Return the moon.

Astropodic Works with Pot “To determine the impact of the agency's five scientific studies on the spacecraft Pilgrim”.

He Peregrine Vol A piece of rock was also taken from it Mount Everestand gray and DNA Space enthusiasts like the creatorStar Trek”, Gene Roddenberry.

(with information from EFE)