The controversial Peregrine lunar lander, which swiftly failed in its mission to reach the moon after launching last week, will be deliberately crashed into Earth's atmosphere by Thursday (Jan. 18). The doomed spacecraft will most likely burn up in our planet's upper atmosphere without reaching the planet’s surface.
The Peregrine lander was created by the private Pittsburgh-based space company Astrobotic Technology and launched into space on board United Launch Alliances' brand-new Vulcan Centaur rocket, which blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Jan. 8.
