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The Peregrine Mission One lunar landing mission successfully launched on Monday 8 January 2024, and you can watch replay of the launch online.<\/p>
Peregrine Mission One<\/a> will be the first ever commercial landing mission to the Moon.<\/p> The private spaceflight mission carries multiple scientific payloads from NASA<\/a> and other institutions around the world, as well as several cultural items.<\/p> Peregrine Mission One launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 02:18 EST (07:18 GMT).<\/p> The spacecraft will remain in low-Earth orbit to check out its systems before heading towards the Moon.<\/p> Once it arrives, Peregrine Mission One will orbit the Moon for several weeks. Should everything check out as nominal, it will then go on to land on 23 February.<\/p> The mission is carrying several NASA experiments.<\/p> The Peregrine Mission One’s operations are intended to prepare for the Artemis programme<\/a>, which is targeting a putting human feet on the surface of the Moon by the end of the decade.<\/p> The lander is carrying a range of payloads that includes a lunar rover, science experiments, messages from Earth and even human remains.<\/p> Astrobotic are already well underway with planning their next mission: transporting NASA\u2019s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER)<\/a> to the lunar south pole on board their larger Griffin landing platform.<\/p> The launch was live streamed on NASA TV. Watch the Peregrine Mission One launch replay via the window below.<\/p>Where to watch the Peregrine Mission One launch<\/h2>