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Topic: Lunar Orbit
NASA and Frontier Aerospace of Simi Valley, California, performed roughly 60 hot-fire tests on two thruster prototypes over the course of 10 days. ![]() NASA and Frontier Aerospace are developing next-generation thrusters for use on Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander. In March 2020, thruster prototypes performed over 60 hot-fire tests in a vacuum chamber. (Frontier Aerospace) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA is looking for ways to Target an AsteroidWritten by DC Agle
But while many of his coworkers are calculating asteroids’ past, present and future locations in the cosmos, zapping them with the world’s most massive radar dishes, or considering how to rendezvous and perhaps even gently nudge an asteroid into lunar orbit, Bhaskaran thinks about how to collide with one. ![]() This spectacular image of comet Tempel 1 was taken 67 seconds after it obliterated Deep Impact’s impactor spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: News | No Comments
NASA plans to capture an Asteroid robotically and bring it back to a safe Lunar Orbit for ExplorationWritten by DC Agle
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NASA’s ARTEMIS mission reveals the Moon’s effect on the Solar WindWritten by Bill Steigerwald
Now, a powerful combination of spacecraft and computer simulations is revealing that the moon does indeed have a far-reaching, invisible influence – not on us, but on the Sun, or more specifically, the solar wind. ![]() This is a view of the moon transiting, or passing in front of, the Sun as seen from the STEREO-B spacecraft on Feb. 25th, 2007. The Sun is in false color, and the moon appears as a black disk on the upper right. NASA's STEREO mission consists of two spacecraft launched in October, 2006 to study solar storms. (Credit: NASA) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA’s GRAIL Spacecraft fly in Formation around the Moon at 3,600 MPHWritten by DC Agle
![]() An artist's depiction of the GRAIL twins (Ebb and Flow) in lunar orbit. During GRAIL's prime mission science phase, the two spacecraft will orbit the moon as high as 31 miles (51 kilometers) and as low as 10 miles (16 kilometers). (Image credit: NASA/Caltech-JPL/MIT) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
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