NASA hasn't given up on Lunar Trailblazer yet. The 440-pound (200-kilogram) probe went silent a day after its Feb. 26 launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Shortly after liftoff, the mission team ...
Benchmark Space Systems offered DARPA a mission architecture called Sapphire for the LASSO lunar orbiter program. Credit: Benchmark Space Systems WASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects ...
India's Chandrayaan-2 mission has uncovered strong evidence of subsurface water ice within ultra-cold lunar craters, marking ...
Fresh craters reshape the Moon far beyond visible debris, revealing faster surface turnover and new clues about lunar history.
Most lunar craters that we know of date back millions, if not billions, of years, making evidence of a recent impact a rare glimpse into a process that is shaping the Moon today. Scientists identified ...
Details about the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) power-system design. How power density was increased in radiation-hardened computer hardware. The NASA LRO Power System Electronics (PSE) ...
"While it was not the outcome we had hoped for, mission experiences like Lunar Trailblazer help us to learn and reduce the risk for future, low-cost small satellites to do innovative science as we ...