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Glitch threatens first US moon landing since 1972
Peregrine Mission One was intended to deliver instruments and human ashes to the lunar surface but this now seems unlikely after a propulsion malfunction
The Times
Named after the fastest bird on earth, and lifted into space by the world’s newest rocket amid jubilant scenes, the Peregrine was to have set a new milestone in humanity’s lunar endeavours. But after a perfect launch, a smooth separation from the Vulcan Centaur rocket that carried it to space, and a successful power-up as its systems kicked into life to take it onwards to the moon, it appeared that Peregrine’s wings had been clipped last night due to a malfunction in the propulsion system.
Despite a scrambled command sent up to the spacecraft to try to save it, hopes of it becoming the first private vehicle to make a soft landing on the moon seemed doomed.
“Unfortunately it appears the failure within the propulsion
