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If it reaches the Moon in the fourth quarter of this year as planned, it will be the first American spacecraft to reach the lunar surface since the Apollo program, Astrobotic says.
Peregrine was designed to deliver cargo to the Moon, and it is being assembled at Astrobotic's Pittsburgh headquarters, where members of the press were invited to attend an unveiling event. The lunar lander will travel as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, which will launch aboard mission. The Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle is the successor to ULA's Atlas V and Delta IV rockets.Peregrine will deliver 24 payloads to the Moon, including 11 scientific instruments from NASA and a rover built by engineers at Carnegie Mellon University.
"This lunar lander build is a dream come true," said John Thornton, CEO of Astrobotic."This is why our company was founded 15 years ago. It represents the culmination of countless hours over many years by hundreds of people to design and assemble the lander, to create the lunar delivery market, and to establish the facilities and supply chain needed to ensure the success of commercial space missions like Peregrine’s long into the future.
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Astrobotic unveils Peregrine lunar lander that will fly to the moon this year (photos)Samantha Mathewson joined Space.com as an intern in the summer of 2016. She received a B.A. in Journalism and Environmental Science at the University of New Haven, in Connecticut. Previously, her work has been published in Nature World News. When not writing or reading about science, Samantha enjoys traveling to new places and taking photos! You can follow her on Twitter Sam_Ashley13.
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