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Brett Tingley

Mexico's 1st moon mission will send 5 tiny robots aloft on Peregrine lunar lander Jan. 8

Tiny circular robots drive on the moon's surface.

A historic private moon mission launches early on Monday (Jan. 8), and flying aboard will be five tiny robots developed in collaboration by a team of 250 university students in Mexico.

Astrobiotic's Peregrine Mission One will launch atop United Launch Alliance's powerful new Vulcan Centaur rocket at 2:18 a.m. EST (0718 GMT) on Monday (Jan. 8) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Aboard will be Astrobiotic's Peregrine lunar lander alongside commercial payloads and NASA-developed scientific experiments.

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