The lunar trailblower mission on the moon ended on July 31, but it was not a complete journey. NASA said today that his teams lost contact with the satellite shortly after its start several months ago.
The NASA satellite was part of the IM2 mission through intuitive machines, which departed from the Kennedy Space Center on February 26 at 7:16 pm with Space X Falcon 9 rockets. The Lunar trailbuser successfully separated from the rocket as planned about 48 minutes after the launch. Pasadina, CA operators set up a satellite at 8am and 13am, but the next day bilateral communication ended and the team failed to recover the connection. From the limited data ground teams received before the satellite became dark, the solar array of the craft was not positioned on the sun, which eliminated its batteries.
“Although we did not expect the results, but mission experiences like lunar trailbusers help learn and reduce the threat to the future, when the low -cost small satellites are practiced,” said Nikki Fox, Associate Administrator of the NASA Headquarters Science Mission Directorate. “Thanks to the Lunar Trail Blozer team for their dedication to working and learning on this mission from this mission.”
The lunar trailbuser mission was one of the several commercial space flights planned to travel to the moon during 2025. Its purpose was to build a high resolution map of any water on the surface of the moon, and also estimate how much water is available, in what shapes and how it can be changed over time. The rest of the missions to cross the fingers have a better success.
