Final preparations were underway Friday for the launch of the first American spacecraft to attempt a lunar landing in more than 50 years, under a new partnership between NASA and private industry.
Final preparations were underway Friday for the launch of the first American spacecraft to attempt a lunar landing in more than 50 years, under a new partnership between NASA and private industry.
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket was rolling out to the launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, preparing for its maiden flight set to blast off on Monday at 2:18 am local time (7:18 GMT).
Hitching a ride is the Peregrine Lander, built by Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic, which if all goes to plan should land at the mid-latitude region of the Moon called Sinus Viscositatis, or Bay of Stickiness, in mid-February.
