The USA was planning to land on the Moon surface after a long break. But things didn’t go as expected. To achieve this goal of the USA, Astrobotic Technology was designing a lunar landing vehicle. Unfortunately, the company admitted that it would not be able to achieve its ultimate goal. Here are the details
The USA’s lunar landing project after 50 years was postponed due to some problems!
Astrobotic Technology has been working for a long time to design a vehicle that will carry the USA to the Moon surface after a long time. Unfortunately, things didn’t go as he hoped. The company faced a serious problem with the Peregrine lander that will land on the Moon surface. The company is looking for a solution to the ongoing fuel leak problem. The problems are not limited to just this. In addition to the fuel leak, the Peregrine lander’s Altitude Control System thrusters did not perform as expected.
The company stated in its statement that the system failure caused a critical loss of fuel. Unfortunately, this prevents the spacecraft from heading towards the sun. This is very important for the vehicle that lands on the Moon to produce solar energy.
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Unfortunately, this marks a major setback in the US attempt to return to the moon 50 years after the Apollo mission. Astrobotic was racing to become the first commercial space company to land a plane on the surface of the moon. The lunar surface landing mission was planned to be carried out on February 23. However, it is postponed due to setbacks. The company did not share any details about the new date of the mission.
The company made a statement on the subject. “The goal now is to get Peregrine as close to lunar distance as possible before it loses its ability to maintain its position pointing at the Sun and loses its power.”
Multiple companies are supporting the historic attempt to return to the lunar surface. One of them is United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Lockheed Martin (LMT). The Vulcan Centaur rocket developed by (ULA) made a start for this initiative. The Vulcan Rocket was successfully launched recently. This launch is of great importance for ULA. Because it achieved significant success against its rival SpaceX.