Peregrine’s developer, private space company Astrobotic, reported that it successfully activated 10 devices on the lander and received data from these devices.

Among the landing module’s payloads are “Hello Earth!” The Iris lunar rover of Carnegie Mellon University, which sent the message, and the American NSS (Neutron Spectrometer System) M-42 radiation detector of German development. ), LETS (Linear Energy Trans) detectors, PITMS (Peregrine Ion Trap Mass Spectro) and Astrobotic’s Optical Precision Autonomous Landing sensor.

While Peregrine will not be able to land on the moon’s surface and is currently heading toward Earth all together, Astrobotic and its payload providers are collecting data they want to use in future missions.

In the coming days, the descent module will cease to exist. According to calculations, Peregrine will enter the Earth’s atmosphere on January 18. Most likely, this will occur in the Great Barrier Reef region.