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Peregrine lunar lander propellant leak forces abandonment of Moon landing
S4 · 09 Jan 2024 · Astrobotic
Record
| Company | Astrobotic |
| Industry | Space robotics |
| Type(s) | mission-loss |
| Date | 09 Jan 2024 (day precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | 1 lander, total mission loss |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
Shortly after launch on a ULA Vulcan Centaur rocket, Astrobotic's Peregrine lander suffered a propulsion valve failure that caused a critical propellant leak; the company aborted the planned lunar landing and the lander burned up reentering Earth's atmosphere after a 10-day mission.
Primary source
Publisher: Spaceflight Now · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Jan 2024 | Peregrine lunar lander propellant leak forces abandonment of Moon landing | Spaceflight Now | Spaceflight Now |
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