After 50 years, an American mission sent to the moon was destroyed upon crashing into the sea. Last week, an American spacecraft sent to the moon was intentionally destroyed over the Bay of Bengal due to technical malfunctions, posing a risk of damage to the lunar mission. According to international news agencies, the Pittsburgh-based private operator, Peregrine One, received orders to destroy the spacecraft over the Bay of Bengal under an automatic system so that it would crash into the sea and sink.
This decision was made to prevent any harm to the population from the lunar mission crashing into the sea, and at that time, there were no ships in the sea that could be at risk of damage. In compliance with this order, the spacecraft ignited a fire through its onboard system and completely burned before crashing into the remaining sea.
The first indication of a malfunction in the lunar mission was identified by a space agency in Australia, which detected a malfunction in the propulsion system caused by a ruptured oxidizer tank.
The lunar mission faced challenges immediately after takeoff, but despite that, scientists managed to keep the spacecraft on its journey from January 8th to January 10th.
An engineer stated that they were able to diagnose what went wrong with the lunar mission, but the decision was made to keep it in a stable condition for as long as possible, as initially there was little hope of rectifying the malfunction.
Space engineers emphasized that lunar missions are a learning game, especially at this stage, and we should not view them as failures. It should be seen as an engineering achievement that is beyond doubt.
They further explained that at one point, it seemed like the mission was completely doomed, but a team of engineers and scientists collaborated to solve the problem, revive certain capabilities of the spacecraft, and safely bring it back to Earth.
Remember that the objective of this lunar mission was to deliver five NASA instruments to the surface of the moon so that a study of the local environment could be conducted before the return of astronauts at the end of this decade. If this lunar mission had succeeded, it would have become the first American mission to achieve this in half a century.
So far, only the government agencies of the United States, the Soviet Union, China, and India have successfully landed on the moon.