ULA Centaur V Anomaly May Further Delay Peregrine Launch, Deployment of Iris Rover
Explosion during pressurization of Vulcan Centaur upper stage at ULA testing facility within MSFC captured by Blue Origin camera monitoring adjacent test stand 29 March (as reported by Eric Berger of Ars Technica) could push certification flight scheduled to launch of Astrobotic Peregrine lunar lander and Kuipersat-1/2 from NET 4 May, pending investigation into incident; Peregrine to carry Iris lunar rover, built by CMU students, set to be the first robotic USA Moon rover, and 25 other payloads (11 NASA / 15 independent)