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Here's the #ULA video of last night's #Vulcan Cert-1 launch. The link should take you to T-1 minute, otherwise go to 0:51:29 on the timeline.

https://www.youtube.com/live/wZ6KTFMHenA?si=zxaey1YansI6CCoJ&t=3089

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Here's an April 13, 2015 article reporting that #ULA would name their new rocket #Vulcan in reference to Leonard Nimoy of #StarTrek, who had died two months before.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/04/13/logical-choice-new-rocket-to-be-named-vulcan/25742851/

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Breaking from Astrobotic on Zombie Twitter ... Their Peregrine commercial lunar lander, launched last night on the #ULA #Vulcan Cert-1 flight, is experiencing an anomaly. Peregrine can't maintain a stable orientation with the sun.

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More on Astrobotic and their Peregrine commericial lunar lander on their home page. They're based in Pittsburgh.

https://www.astrobotic.com/

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An update from Astrobotic.

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Good news from Astrobiotic. Still working the anomaly but they've managed to start recharging Peregrine's solar battery.

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Bad news from Astrobiotic. Looks like the mission will be lost.

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Update from Astrobotic on Zombie Twitter.

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The latest on Peregrine from Astrobotic on Zombie Twitter ... It looks like the spacecraft will lose power in 40 hours and will then tumble to its demise, wherever that might be.

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A new update from Astrobotic on the fatally compromised Peregrine.

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Another update from Astrobotic ... They believe Peregrine suffered a valve failure that ruptured the oxidizer tank.

@WordsmithFL

Thanks for this

@WordsmithFL I was 3 in 1969. Would like to see a manned moon landing that I will remember. This will probably push it further into the future.

@poemblaze This has no effect on NASA's crewed lunar schedule. Artemis 2 (probably in 2025) will orbit the Moon and go beyond, probably for up to three weeks. Artemis 3 (probably 2026-2027) will be the first crewed landing attempt.

Peregrine was just a technology demonstrator for a startup commercial company to robotically deliver cargo to a lunar colony some day. NASA has no need for it until around 2030, if not later.

@WordsmithFL Glad to gear

@WordsmithFL I'm hoping they figure out, and achieve a trajectory, that will eventually allow interception and recovery of what is on board. A pipe dream likely but..

@WordsmithFL WOOT!

@TrueBloodNet Please see the later post. Peregrine most likely is lost.

@WordsmithFL Hopefully they can salvage something. But no one died so.. we'll recover.

@pendrag They've flown before with Celestis. It's only a few ashes each time.

@WordsmithFL
Thanks for the extra details.