At 15:18 on January 8, Beijing time (02:18 on January 8, US Eastern Time), the U.S. commercial lunar lander "Peregrine" was launched from Florida and headed straight for the moon. It is planned to land on the moon on February 23. If this lunar landing mission succeeds,The "Peregrine Falcon" will become the first American probe to land on the lunar surface in the 21st century. This may be the first step for the United States to return to the moon.
It is understood that the "Peregrine Falcon" is about 2.5 meters wide, about 1.9 meters high, and weighs about 1.2 tons. It carries six NASA scientific payloads and can be used to study the lunar surface temperature, magnetic field, radiation and other lunar surface environment.
In addition, the "Peregrine Falcon" also carries payloads from 15 commercial customers, seven of which are American organizations, and the other payloads come from six countries: Germany, the United Kingdom, Mexico, the Seychelles, Japan and Hungary.
Among them are some strange items that will be sent to the lunar surface.For example, the American Bliss Company provided human remains. It turned out that this was the company's lunar burial service.
In addition, the Japanese company Astroscale sent a time capsule to the moon, carrying information about more than 80,000 children around the world.
Seychelles is a unique physical Bitcoin, the American company BIT Inc. also provided the secondary board of Bitcoin’s first mined block.
In addition, digital libraries, video materials, artworks and other items carrying human history and culture were also included in the moon landing.