Space missions are quite difficult to control compared to ground missions. For this, space agencies and space companies carry out tests by creating space environment conditions. Even though they try to adapt the worst case scenario, sometimes things may not go as they expected. NASA announced the bad news. Unfortunately, the Peregrine Spacecraft will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere on Thursday, January 18th. Here are the details…
Peregrine Spacecraft will burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere!
After many failed missions, Earth orbit is filled with space debris. Fortunately, this time there will be no fear. The Peregrine Spacecraft will not become one of these trashes. NASA made a statement on the subject. The space agency announced that the burning of the Peregrine spacecraft, which is approximately the size of a storage area, does not pose any safety risk.
So why did this mission fail? . NASA last set foot on the Moon during the Apollo mission. Now, after a long time, the USA is planning to set foot on the Moon again. He started working for this. Peregrine Spacecraft was part of this mission. The spacecraft was launched on January 8. However, he soon faced the fuel leak problem. Unfortunately, this problem prevented the spacecraft from reaching the lunar surface.
However, Astrobotic, the company that designed the spacecraft, does not exactly describe this as a failure. Because the company managed to keep the spacecraft operational much longer than expected due to a slight decrease in fuel leakage.
Astrobotic CEO John Thornton recently commented: “I am so proud of what our team has accomplished with this mission. It has been a great honor to witness firsthand the heroic efforts of our mission control team as they overcame tremendous challenges to recover and operate the spacecraft after Monday’s propulsion anomaly.” “This mission has already taught us a lot. It has also given me great confidence that our next mission to the Moon will achieve a soft landing.”
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