Dogecoin's Physical Version May Hit the Moon This December!

• Dogecoin Developers Announce Plan to Send Token to the Moon
• Dogecoin's Lunar Mission
• Astrobotic's Peregrine Mission One (PM1)
• BitMEX's Bitcoin Initiative
• Previous Dogecoin Attempts
• DOGE Price Surges

Dogecoin Developers Announce Plan to Send Token to the Moon

The developers of Dogecoin$0.091 -0.42% (DOGE) have announced a new space payload mission, in collaboration with the Pittsburgh-based company, Astrobotic. As per the plan, a physical Dogecoin token is set to be sent to the moon.

Dogecoin's Lunar Mission

Astrobotic plans to send a physical Dogecoin to the moon through the DHL Moonbox on ULA's Vulcan Centaur Rocket, scheduled for 23rd December 2023. This ambitious project was funded by the Dogecoin community back in 2015.

Astrobotic's Peregrine Mission One (PM1)

The Peregrine Mission One (PM1) by Astrobotic is planned to carry 21 payloads from various entities including governments, companies, universities, as well as NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.

BitMEX's Bitcoin Initiative

Notably, the same mission will also transport a physical bitcoin token, courtesy of an initiative by the crypto exchange BitMEX, announced earlier in May. In addition to the bitcoin token, the mission will also carry a copy of the Genesis Block, the first-ever block of bitcoin (BTC) to be mined, commissioned by Bitcoin$42,260 -0.64% Magazine.

Previous Dogecoin Attempts

Dogecoin's previous attempt to reach the moon was scheduled for 2022 as part of a SpaceX mission, completely funded by DOGE tokens. This mission was commissioned by the Canadian company Geometric Energy Corp., who claimed it to be the first-ever commercial lunar payload paid entirely with DOGE. The mission, however, was postponed and is now planned for a January 2024 launch.

DOGE Price Surges

In recent market updates, Dogecoin prices have observed a 12% surge in the span of the last 24 hours. This increase is in line with a broader surge observed across major cryptocurrencies.

Edited by Jonathan Stoker