#lunarflashlight — Public Fediverse posts

"NASA Calls End to Lunar Flashlight After Some Tech Successes"

"While the CubeSat couldn’t reach the lunar South Pole to help seek ice, it fulfilled several technology goals that will empower future missions for the benefit of humanity."

".. Lunar Flashlight’s miniaturized propulsion system struggled to provide sufficient thrust .."

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-calls-end-to-lunar-flashlight-after-some-tech-successes

#NASA #Artemis #ArtemisI #LunarFlashlight #Mond #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SLS #Spaceflight

12.5.2023

What #ispace wants to achieve with the first #private #lunar #rover #landing
▶️ Completion of all #deepspace orbital control #maneuvers before LOI (Lunar #Orbit Insertion)
▶️ Reaching the lunar gravitational field/lunar orbit
▶️ Completion of all orbit control maneuvers in lunar orbit
▶️ Completion of the lunar landing
▶️ Establishment of a steady system state after the lunar landing
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/12/hakuto-r-m1/#more-90110
#SpaceNavigation #SpaceCompany #PrivateSpaceflight #Hakuto #JAXA #Moon #Lander #NASA #LunarFlashlight #Water #UAE #Emirates #Rashid

Today at 8:39 UTC a Falcon 9 launch is planned of *two* new lunar missions, Japan's commercial lander #HAKUTO-R M1 with the UAE rover #Rashid among the payloads and the U.S. orbiter #LunarFlashlight: webcasts at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzfCmNz3pk4 (from 6:30 UTC) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaaF0IgzGSI (from 8:30 UTC) and many links at https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2022/11/30/zwei-mondmissionen-mehr-sollen-artemis-folgen/