The task of the lunar Trailblazer in NASA ends with disappointment

The Moon Mission in Trailblazer officially ended up to the moon on July 31, but it was not a full journey. Nassa Today, her team lost a connection to the industrial moon shortly after its launch several months ago.

NASA’s satellite was part of the IM-2 mission by intuitive machines, which took off from the Spacex Falcon 9 missile from the Kennedy Space Center on February 26 at 7:16 pm Each time. The lunar trailblazer was successfully separated from the missile as planned after about 48 minutes of launch. Pasadena operators, CA, created communication with the satellite at 8:13 pm Easter time, but the two directions were contacted the next day and the team was unable to restore the connection. One of the limited differences of the data that was received before the satellite appears, the solar matclists of the craft were not properly placed towards the sun, causing its batteries to drain.

“Although this result that we were hoping, task experiences such as the Moon Trail Blazer help us learn and reduce the risks to small satellites that are low -cost to do innovative science and we are preparing for a continuous human presence on the moon,” said Nikki Fox, assistant director at NASA headquarters. “Thank you to Lunar Trailblazer for their dedication to work and learning from this task to the end.”

The task of the moon Tilblazer was one of The plan to travel to the moon during the year 2025. Its goal was to create high -resolution maps of any water on the moon, as well as assess the amount of water existing, in any forms and how it has changed over time. The fingers have crossed the remaining tasks better.