It has been about seven months since Peregrine, a silvery lander that shot for the moon, burned up over the Pacific ocean.
The mission was an unfortunate (and quite drawn out) failure. After launching on Jan. 8, Peregrine appeared to wander in space for over a week without getting too far, eventually turning back toward Earth and ending up on our planet in pieces. Moreover, this saga was especially tense because Peregrine was very important. It carried the weight of being the first contracted mission of NASA's commercial lunar payload program, it was the selected spacecraft to fly aboard the Vulcan Centaur rocket's maiden voyage, and it dutifully held experiments, art and bitcoin meant to find their final resting places on the moon.
