According to information released by the United Launch Alliance (ULA), the Vulcan Centaur rocket was successfully launched from the X platform at 3:18 pm Taiwan time on Monday (8th). It successfully delivered Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander to space and has already separated from it.
According to a press release from Astrobotic, the company has successfully contacted the Peregrine and started receiving telemetry data. Astrobotic CEO, John Thornton, stated, “The Peregrine has been activated, established communication with Earth, and is currently moving towards the moon in space.”
If the plan goes smoothly, the Peregrine will be the first American lunar lander since the Apollo program in 1972 and the first private company’s lander to reach the moon. The Peregrine is scheduled to land on the moon on February 23rd, and its onboard scientific payloads will collect data about the lunar surface before future human missions.
The journey to the moon for Dogecoin and Bitcoin
Along with the launch of the Vulcan rocket, Dogecoin and Bitcoin have also embarked on their “space journey.” The Dogecoin Foundation announced that the “cargo” on the rocket includes a physical Dogecoin coin. Additionally, BitMEX exchange, in collaboration with its founder Arthur Hayes, is also sending a physical Bitcoin coin on the same historic lunar trip.
Astrobotic confirmed in a reply to a post that there is indeed a Dogecoin in their MoonBox. MoonBox is the company’s service that allows users to send memorabilia to the lunar surface.
After experiencing a series of delays lasting five years, the Vulcan rocket finally launched today. According to U.Today, the complex lunar journey of Dogecoin and Bitcoin, from the initial launch to a highly elliptical orbit, and then landing on the lunar surface, will be divided into nine different phases.
