"Peregrine has now been operating in space for more than 4 days," Astrobotic said in its latest update posted on X on Friday, adding it remained "stable and operational." Meanwhile, the US, German and Mexican space agencies have been able to power on the scientific instruments they wanted to run on the Moon. Astrobotic is the third private entity to have failed in a soft landing, following an Israeli nonprofit and a Japanese company. Astrobotic itself will get another chance in November with its Griffin lander transporting NASA's VIPER rover to the lunar south pole. Or, Astrobotic could intentionally point Peregrine another way, such as flying by the Moon and shooting for interplanetary space.

Source: Daily Nation January 12, 2024 21:39 UTC