Peregrine lander: US Moon mission on course for fiery destruction - "Astrobotic has positioned the Peregrine spacecraft for a safe, controlled re-entry to Earth over a remote area of the South Pacific ... We expect re-entry to occur at approximately 16:00 Thursday, January 18 EST (21:00 GMT)"

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Shame they couldn't dock it at the ISS for someone to eventually repair & refuel it.

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Peregrine lander: American Moon mission destroyed over Pacific Ocean

A tracking station in Canberra, Australia, confirmed loss of signal with Peregrine at 20:59 GMT.