NASA’s Lunar Flashlight CubeSat launched on Dec. 11, 2022, to demonstrate several new technologies with a stretch science goal of detecting surface ice at the Moon’s South Pole. Shortly into Lunar Flashlight’s journey, the mission operations team discovered three of its four thrusters were underperforming. Among the steps taken to analyze the issue and find …
NASA Eyes New Lunar CubeSat Orbit, Propulsion Challenges Continue
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