Amazing! The first Hungarian object is on its way to the Moon – VIDEO
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The United States of America has launched another lander to the Moon. On board, a Hungarian space capsule with a number of ornaments has been placed.
The Moon is the destination again
More than 50 years after the Apollo 17 mission, the United States of America has embarked on a new lunar mission. The Astrobotic Technology company launched its Peregrine lander at 8.18 a.m. Hungarian time on 8 January 2024 to deliver NASA instruments and a 90 kg payload to the lunar surface as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Module Transfer Service (CLPS).
The Peregrine lander, standing at 1.9 metres in height and 2.5 metres in width, weighs 1283 kg. Equipped with five engines and a solar panel atop to power the internal battery, this spacecraft is a marvel of engineering.
Hungarian artefact in space
Astrobotic Technology wants the project to be profitable. To this end, the Peregrine’s payload bay has been made available to civilians. Puli Space Technologies, based in Budapest, is the only Hungarian company to have an object on board the spacecraft.
What will become of this after time?