The spacecraft is now thought to be unable to land on Earth s only natural satellite - with NASA also expected to announce delays to its manned moon mission programme.
In 1962, when President John F. Kennedy spoke at Rice University in Houston, Texas, challenging Americans to go to the moon, he used the timeline of advancement to make his argument. Compress human history’s accomplishments to just 50 years, and you could see how quickly things moved, he rhapsodized. “Only
Peregrine One, which is carrying the former US president's hair sample and the ashes of hundreds of other people, will start losing power in less than 40 hours.