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The brand new rocket, United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan Centaur, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41d at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 8, 2024, for its maiden voyage, carrying Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander. The Peregrine lander has “no chance of soft landing” on the Moon because it has lost too much fuel, Astrobotic, the company behind the robot, said on January 9, 2024. The company estimated it had about 40 hours of fuel remaining, an improvement on an earlier estimate, and said it planned to continue to operate the spacecraft until it ran out of propellant. (Photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP Photo)
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