On 8 January, the United States successfully launched the "Peregrine Falcon" lunar lander with a new-generation "Vulcan" rocket, which was accurately put into the predetermined orbit. This is the first time in 52 years that the United States has returned to the moon. But the liftoff is 7 hours

On 8 January, the United States successfully launched the "Peregrine Falcon" lunar lander with a new-generation "Vulcan" rocket, which was accurately put into the predetermined orbit. This is the first time in 52 years that the United States has returned to the moon.

But seven hours after liftoff, Astrobotic announced that the propulsion system of the Peregrine Falcon developed by the company was suddenly abnormal, fuel leaked, and the probe could not accurately aim at the sun, which is likely to cause a sharp drop in the power generation efficiency of solar panels, and eventually could not fly to the moon, and the entire mission has failed just after departure.

The United States will carry out three to four probes to the moon this year, as a prelude to the Artemis manned lunar landing program, to carry out fixed-point landing, new materials, lunar mining and other technologies for the first verification. However, if the "Peregrine Falcon" mission, which is the first to strike, fails, it will inevitably cast a shadow on the US plan to return to the moon.