NASA Lunar Flashlight

[ad_1] From NASA to ISRO, these are the 5 big Moon missions you can look forward to in 2023. From observing the farthest galaxy from Earth (GN-z11) to shifting the orbit of an asteroid by striking it with a spacecraft, scientists reached many new milestones in 2022. But it appears that the Moon will be the center of all attention in 2023. Many space agencies are looking at our sole natural satellite as a destination to visit and explore. While the Moon race between the USA and Russia ended decades ago, we still remember when Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin landed on the lunar surface. Now, a new space race is building up. And from NASA to Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) are all participating. Read on to know about the 5 big Moon missions setting up in 2023.NASA Lunar Flashli...

[ad_1] The two astronomers had tracked NASA's Lunar Flashlight satellite by using a remote 0.5-meter telescope in Australia. NASA launched the Lunar Surface Flashlight Mission on December 11, 2022, it is a mission planned to use lasers to find out surface water ice inside craters at the moon's south pole, which is a part of the moon in permanent shadowed. On the same day, another private HAKUTO-R spacecraft mission was launched. In a significant achievement, on their journey towards the moon, both the spacecraft were snapped by Indian astronomer Vishnu Reddy and graduate student Adam Battle, from University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and Space4 Center. The small Lunar Flashlight satellite is expected to reach its science orbit around the moon in April, 2023. The ...

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5 Big Moon missions that are set to take off in 2023; NASA to ISRO, space race is on!

NASA’s Lunar Flashlight satellite spotted from Earth on its way to the Moon by Indian astronomer