NASA, Lunar Trailblazer and Moon

Low on power and spinning out of control, NASA's Lunar Trailblazer moon probe's future looks grim
"Based on telemetry before the loss of signal last week and ground-based radar data collected March 2, the team believes the spacecraft is spinning slowly in a low-power state," NASA's Naomi Hartono wrote in a statement on March 4.
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer Lost And Likely Tumbling On Its Way To The Moon
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission is in jeopardy, after the US space organization lost track of the spacecraft on its way to the Moon. Part of NASA's Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program,
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Goes Silent in Space – Can Engineers Bring It Back?
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer hitched a ride on a SpaceX Falcon 9, successfully deploying into space. But soon after, the mission hit a snag — engineers discovered power system issues that led to a loss of communication.
Lunar Trailblazer blasts off to map water on the moon
On Wednesday 26 February, a thermal imaging camera built by researchers at the University of Oxford's Department of Physics will blast off to the moon as part of NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission. This aims to map sources of water on the moon to shed light on the lunar water cycle and to guide future robotic and human missions.
What does water look like on the moon? A new lunar probe is on a mission to find out
The Lunar Trailblazer orbiter's launch window opens Feb 26. It's catching a ride with Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission which is landing on the moon near the south pole. Both have instruments for looking for water.
Controllers getting no response from Lunar Trailblazer orbiter or Odin asteroid mining probe
NASA and AstroForge missions prove Space is Hard Engineers are continuing to attempt to make contact with NASA's stricken Lunar Trailblazer probe as hopes for the science planned for the mission begin to fade.
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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer Is Officially Lost in Space -- but Maybe Not Forever
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission is in jeopardy. It launched on Feb. 27 to send a probe to the moon in search of water. But ...
Private lunar lander may have fallen over while touching down near the moon's south pole
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A privately owned lunar lander touched down on the moon with a drill, drone and rovers for NASA and ...
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There are 3 private lunar landers headed to the moon right now — a 1st in space history
Three private lunar landers are on their way to the moon right now, a surge of exploration never before seen in spaceflight ...
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NASA Hitches a Ride to the Moon to Map Water for Astronauts
Lunar Trailblazer, an orbiter that shared a launch on Wednesday with the commercial Athena lander, will help scientists understand where the moon’s water is, and what form it takes. By Kenneth ...
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Oops, we tipped it again: Mission over for sideways US lander
Intuitive Machines' second Moon mission ended in disappointment on Friday after the US company confirmed that its spacecraft ...
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Intuitive Machines' private Athena probe lands near lunar south pole — but it may have tipped over
Grace isn't the only robot that caught a ride to the lunar surface on Athena. The lander is also carrying a small rover ...
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NASA, Nokia, Intuitive Machines Launch Lunar Tech Mission with SpaceX
NASA has announced that a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander (IM-2) and NASA’s Lunar ...
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Scientists Struggle to Communicate With 2 Spacecraft Launched Wednesday
A day later, however, NASA shared that mission operators had lost communication with the spacecraft in the wee hours of ...