Daniel Fischer<p>A NASA lunar cubesat mission failed to go into orbit around the moon earlier this year when debris blocked propellant lines for the spacecraft’s thrusters: <a href="https://spacenews.com/clogged-propellant-lines-doomed-nasa-lunar-cubesat-mission/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacenews.com/clogged-propella</span><span class="invisible">nt-lines-doomed-nasa-lunar-cubesat-mission/</span></a> - the Jet Propulsion Laboratory declared an end to the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LunarFlashlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarFlashlight</span></a> mission May 12, five months after its launch as a secondary payload on a Falcon 9 that carried ispace’s HAKUTO-R M1 lunar lander.</p>
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Daniel Fischer<p>NASA’s <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LunarFlashlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarFlashlight</span></a> mission to the Moon has failed, but the briefcase-size spacecraft will soon fly past Earth before heading into deep space: <a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-lunar-flashlight-to-fly-by-earth" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-lunar-</span><span class="invisible">flashlight-to-fly-by-earth</span></a> - on Wednesday, May 17, at 4:44 UTC, the CubeSat will pass about 65,000 kilometers from our planet’s surface.</p>
hesgen<p>NASA's Lunar Flashlight mission is abandoned after failing to get into lunar orbit due to a thruster malfunction. The spacecraft was designed to search for water ice on the moon's surface at the south pole.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.media/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.media/tags/LunarFlashlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarFlashlight</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.media/tags/CubeSat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CubeSat</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.media/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-calls-end-to-lunar-flashlight-after-some-tech-successes" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-call</span><span class="invisible">s-end-to-lunar-flashlight-after-some-tech-successes</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>The miniaturized propulsion system, the first of its kind ever flown, of NASA's <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LunarFlashlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarFlashlight</span></a> has proved unable to generate enough thrust to get into lunar orbit, despite months of effort by the operations team: <a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-calls-end-to-lunar-flashlight-after-some-tech-successes" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-calls-e</span><span class="invisible">nd-to-lunar-flashlight-after-some-tech-successes</span></a> - because the CubeSat cannot complete maneuvers to stay in the Earth-Moon system, NASA has called an end to the mission</p>
Ian J. O'Neill<p>What a rollercoaster ride that was. I'm crestfallen that the ops team couldn't get <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/LunarFlashlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarFlashlight</span></a> to the Moon, but we learnt so much from this plucky CubeSat. It's been an honor to lead the comms for this tiny spacecraft and to work with such an inspiring team 🛰️❤️ Read all the details in today's news release: <a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-calls-end-to-lunar-flashlight-after-some-tech-successes" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-calls-e</span><span class="invisible">nd-to-lunar-flashlight-after-some-tech-successes</span></a></p>
Ian J. O'Neill<p>The NASA JPL and Georgia Tech operations team for <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/LunarFlashlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarFlashlight</span></a> have a plan to get the spacecraft back on track in the wake of its thruster issues. Modified maneuvers begin today 🤞 <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/smallsatellites/2023/02/08/nasa-eyes-new-lunar-cubesat-orbit-propulsion-challenges-continue/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.nasa.gov/smallsatellites</span><span class="invisible">/2023/02/08/nasa-eyes-new-lunar-cubesat-orbit-propulsion-challenges-continue/</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>Lots of news from small <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/lunar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lunar</span></a> missions ... 1) <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LunarFlashlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarFlashlight</span></a> faces significant challenges in its goal of getting to the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a>, with the target orbit changed: <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/smallsatellites/2023/02/08/nasa-eyes-new-lunar-cubesat-orbit-propulsion-challenges-continue/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.nasa.gov/smallsatellites</span><span class="invisible">/2023/02/08/nasa-eyes-new-lunar-cubesat-orbit-propulsion-challenges-continue/</span></a>. 2) <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/CAPSTONE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CAPSTONE</span></a> is in good health following a communications issue that began in late January: <a href="https://advancedspace.com/capstone-mission-resiliency-at-moon/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">advancedspace.com/capstone-mis</span><span class="invisible">sion-resiliency-at-moon/</span></a> and <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2023/02/08/capstone-to-test-technologies-after-recovery-from-communications-issue/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2023/02</span><span class="invisible">/08/capstone-to-test-technologies-after-recovery-from-communications-issue/</span></a>. And 3) <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/IntuitiveMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntuitiveMachines</span></a> is moving the landing site for its first lunar lander mission "IM-1" to the south polar region of the Moon: <a href="https://spacenews.com/intuitive-machines-moves-landing-site-of-first-mission-to-lunar-south-pole/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacenews.com/intuitive-machin</span><span class="invisible">es-moves-landing-site-of-first-mission-to-lunar-south-pole/</span></a></p>
John Freeman<p><a href="https://home.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/lunarflashlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lunarflashlight</span></a> </p><p>A tiny NASA moon probe can't reach lunar orbit as planned - but some inventive navigating may yet let it complete it's mission.</p><p><a href="https://www.space.com/nasa-moon-probe-lunar-orbit-impossible" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">space.com/nasa-moon-probe-luna</span><span class="invisible">r-orbit-impossible</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>While NASA’s <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LunarFlashlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarFlashlight</span></a> is largely healthy and communicating with the Deep Space Network, the mission operations team has discovered that three of its four thrusters are underperforming - the team, which first observed the reduced thrust three days after launch, is working to analyze the issue and provide possible solutions: <a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-lunar-flashlight-team-assessing-spacecrafts-propulsion-system" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-lunar-</span><span class="invisible">flashlight-team-assessing-spacecrafts-propulsion-system</span></a></p>
Ian J. O'Neill<p>Status update for <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/LunarFlashlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarFlashlight</span></a>: Our little spacecraft is happy and healthy, though three of its thrusters are not providing as much oomph as expected. The mission team is now modifying their plans to get the small satellite into its planned near-rectilinear halo orbit. More: <a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-lunar-flashlight-team-assessing-spacecrafts-propulsion-system" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-lunar-</span><span class="invisible">flashlight-team-assessing-spacecrafts-propulsion-system</span></a> <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/NASAJPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASAJPL</span></a> <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/SmallSat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallSat</span></a></p>
Richard J. Bartlett<p>NASA’s Lunar Flashlight Has Launched – Follow the Mission in Real Time</p><p><a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-lunar-flashlight-has-launched-follow-the-mission-in-real-time" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-lunar-</span><span class="invisible">flashlight-has-launched-follow-the-mission-in-real-time</span></a></p><p>Search over 1,000 astronomy and space news releases at www.stars-n-stuff.com/news-stories</p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/stargazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stargazing</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Caltech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Caltech</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/SmallSat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallSat</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/LunarFlashlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarFlashlight</span></a></p><p>Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech</p>
Ian J. O'Neill<p><a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/LunarFlashlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarFlashlight</span></a> is really moving since its launch on Saturday night/Sunday morning. Follow along via NASA Eyes: <a href="https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/sc_lunar_flashlight" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-syste</span><span class="invisible">m/#/sc_lunar_flashlight</span></a></p>
Ian J. O'Neill<p>"NASA’s <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/LunarFlashlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarFlashlight</span></a> has communicated with mission controllers and confirmed it is healthy after launching Sunday, Dec. 11, at 2:38 a.m. EST (Saturday, Dec. 10, at 11:38 p.m. PST) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. About 53 minutes after launch, the SmallSat was released from its dispenser to begin a four-month journey to the Moon to seek out surface water ice in permanently shadowed craters at the lunar South Pole." <a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-lunar-flashlight-has-launched-follow-the-mission-in-real-time" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-lunar-</span><span class="invisible">flashlight-has-launched-follow-the-mission-in-real-time</span></a> <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/NASAJPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASAJPL</span></a></p>
Scott Tilley<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LunarFlashLight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarFlashLight</span></a> AOS, not a bad signal as it clears the trees in comms with DSS54 in Madrid.</p>
Daniel Fischer<p>The Falcon 9 launch of the Japanese lander <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Hakuto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hakuto</span></a>-R - with rovers from the UAE and Japan and other payloads - and American orbiter <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LunarFlashlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarFlashlight</span></a> to the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> was a full success this morning: <a href="https://ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=4128" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=4128</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-lunar-flashlight-has-launched-follow-the-mission-in-real-time" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-lu</span><span class="invisible">nar-flashlight-has-launched-follow-the-mission-in-real-time</span></a>, with more links in <a href="https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2022/12/11/live-blog-zu-artemis-heimkehr-und-hakuto-start/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skyweek.wordpress.com/2022/12/</span><span class="invisible">11/live-blog-zu-artemis-heimkehr-und-hakuto-start/</span></a></p>
Ian J. O'Neill<p>That beautiful moment when you see those squiggly lines over a DSN antenna (LFL) 📡 😍 <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/LunarFlashlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarFlashlight</span></a> <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/SIGNALACQUIRED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SIGNALACQUIRED</span></a></p>
Ian J. O'Neill<p>Ready for the @SpaceX launch of @ispace_inc HAKUTO-R Mission 1, including the @nasa <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/LunarFlashlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunarFlashlight</span></a> smallsat! Livestream is about to start for launch at 11:38 pm PST <a href="https://youtu.be/UaaF0IgzGSI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/UaaF0IgzGSI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
The launch of the #HAKUTO-R Mission 1 (Japanese Moon lander, with a UAE-supplied rover) and #LunarFlashlight (U.S. orbiter) to the #Moon on the same Falcon 9 remains planned for 7:38 UTC: three different webcasts should run at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzfCmNz3pk4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLmnMO2LHx0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaaF0IgzGSI and information is provided at https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=ispace-m1 and https://ispace-inc.com/m1 plus https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/12/hakuto-r-m1/
What #ispace wants to achieve with the first #private #lunar #rover #landing
Completion of all #deepspace orbital control #maneuvers before LOI (Lunar #Orbit Insertion) Reaching the lunar gravitational field/lunar orbit Completion of all orbit control maneuvers in lunar orbit Completion of the lunar landing Establishment of a steady system state after the lunar landing
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/12/hakuto-r-m1/#more-90110
#SpaceNavigation #SpaceCompany #PrivateSpaceflight #Hakuto #JAXA #Moon #Lander #NASA #LunarFlashlight #Water #UAE #Emirates #Rashid
NASASpaceFlight.comSpaceX launches Falcon 9 carrying private Japanese moon lander - NASASpaceFlight.comSpaceX has used its Falcon 9 rocket to send a privately funded mission toward the…
OK, we have a new launch date and time for #LunarFlashlight: Dec. 11, at 2:38 a.m. EST (Saturday, Dec. 10, at 11:38 p.m. PST). Read more about the mission here: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-lunar-flashlight-smallsat-readies-for-launch
#SpaceX will have a live feed of the #ispace launch starting 15 minutes before liftoff: https://www.spacex.com/launches/ispace-m1/
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