Remember when MrBeast announced sending your pictures to the moon? Well, the mission crowned as the ‘First Ever Time Capsule’ by the YouTube King has a big hurdle to overcome! The mission has been in progress for a long while now and in the final phase of its implementation, the journey to the moon has hit a wall! So, what’s the future of all the pictures that were ready to be on our satellite? 

Everything looked on track for the YouTuber’s mission on the moon until the latest updates of the journey hit the internet. A campaign that was launched back in 2021 being so close to the finish line with the recent events looks far off. But not for long! Here’s everything to know about the Astrobotic X MrBeast journey to the moon.

MrBeast ‘$10 Time Capsule on the Moon’ fighting with the adversities of the cosmos 

The Astrobotic probe carrying the MrBeast campaign payload recorded a successful launch on January 8, 2024. However, it encountered a sun orientation problem on which the Peregrine lander couldn’t receive any solar power due to improper orientation. “Unfortunately, it appears the failure within the propulsion system is causing a critical loss of propellant. The team is working to try and stabilize this loss, but given the situation, we have prioritized maximizing the science and data we can capture. We are currently assessing what alternative mission profiles may be feasible at this time,” the space company stated. 

The signs started to look bad for the payload’s journey to the moon. Now in a follow-up update, the company has reported some positive news claiming that the window to get the mission back on track looks still feasible enough. According to their claim, there’s still a 40-hour bridge on the basis of fuel consumption and threshold for the team to get things fixed. Certainly, the hopes aren’t lost for the fans but there’s an intense space battle ahead for your $10 payload. 

If the mission is successful, Astrobot will touch the lunar surface in February to create history! And this would also make MrBeast the first big creator ambassador of the moon! 

Hopefully, things will start to look better for the mission in the coming hours. 

What was the vision behind the lunar mission? 

Back in January 2021, MrBeast announced a tie-up with Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh-based space tech company that promised to deliver affordable planetary missions to the lunar surface.

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Through the campaign, Jimmy promised the fans to take their desired pictures to the moon for the cost of just $10. This was to be achieved by encrypting data on the hard drive and sending it to the lunar surface with the help of Astrobotic. Thus, the hard drive that reached the moon would become the first ever time capsule on the Earth’s satellite! 

Let’s pray that MrBeast gets another mission accomplished soon. 

For further updates, stay tuned with Astrobotics and if you miss out on any updates, we got you covered! 

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