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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan VC2S rocket launched the first certification mission for ULA from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 2:18 a.m. on 8 January 2024. The Cert-1 test flight mission includes two payloads, the first Peregrine Lunar Lander, Peregrine Mission One (PM1) for Astrobotic as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative to deliver science and technology to the lunar surface. The Peregrine Lunar Lander suffered an anomaly shortly after liftoff and failed to reach the lunar surface. The second payload is Celestis’ Memorial Spaceflights deep space Voyager mission, the Enterprise Flight.