NASA is not one to let a good spacecraft go to waste. For nearly two weeks, the space agency has been trying to reestablish communications with a recently launched satellite that was originally headed toward the Moon. Lunar Trailblazer launched on February 26 on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the aim of entering […]
Meet Trailblazer: A Spunky NASA Probe on a Mission to Map the Moon’s Water
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer is officially in Florida and integrated with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in anticipation of its launch into space later this month. The petite satellite is set to launch no earlier than February 26 from Kennedy Space Center, with the ultimate objective of getting into lunar orbit and taking a full assessment […]