NASA Abandons Lunar Flashlight Mission After Failed Launch Attempt.
TL;DR
NASA has ended the Lunar Flashlight cubesat mission, which was designed to search for ice hidden inside craters on the Moon's South Pole, after the spacecraft's four thrusters malfunctioned. The briefcase-sized spacecraft was launched in December and was intended to enter a near-rectilinear halo orbit around the Moon. Although the mission failed, NASA said it collected valuable data on the instrument that will be useful for future iterations of the technique. The space agency is now considering different options for the spacecraft's future.
- NASA freezes ice-hunting cubesat Moon mission for good after thruster fail The Register
- RIP Lunar Flashlight: NASA Mission Fails to Reach Orbit Around the Moon's South Pole Gizmodo
- NASA's Lunar Flashlight to Fly by Earth NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- NASA Shuts Down the Lunar Flashlight Mission After it Fails to Go into Orbit Universe Today
- NASA ends its Lunar Flashlight mission Engadget
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