Peregrine mission fails in its goal of reaching the Moon as it runs out of fuel. The module had a 46-day journey ahead of it to reach the lunar surface and become the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since 1972. NASA said on Monday that, despite the "setback" of the lunar module, it has "more tools to explore space" NASA Administrator Bill Nelson took to social media to highlight the "success" of today's new Vulcan Centaur rocket.