Astrobotic Says Leak Precludes Soft Lunar Landing for Peregrine

The Peregrine lunar lander leaked too much propellant to be able to land softly on the moon, Astrobotic posted Tuesday on X. The robotic lander was launched Monday but developed a propellant leak (see 2401080072). The company said it continues to receive data from Peregrine and is "proving spaceflight operations for components and software" for its next lunar lander mission.