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 (DIR) Post #AVb0jROK7eNAFqsG4O by cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
       2023-02-08T23:52:20Z
       
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       Lots of news from small #lunar missions ... 1) #LunarFlashlight faces significant challenges in its goal of getting to the #Moon, with the target orbit changed: https://blogs.nasa.gov/smallsatellites/2023/02/08/nasa-eyes-new-lunar-cubesat-orbit-propulsion-challenges-continue/. 2)  #CAPSTONE is in good health following a communications issue that began in late January: https://advancedspace.com/capstone-mission-resiliency-at-moon/ and https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2023/02/08/capstone-to-test-technologies-after-recovery-from-communications-issue/. And 3) #IntuitiveMachines is moving the landing site for its first lunar lander mission "IM-1" to the south polar region of the Moon: https://spacenews.com/intuitive-machines-moves-landing-site-of-first-mission-to-lunar-south-pole/
       
 (DIR) Post #AVb0jSRuBopdXFYdI8 by cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
       2023-05-12T23:57:17Z
       
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       The miniaturized propulsion system, the first of its kind ever flown, of NASA's #LunarFlashlight has proved unable to generate enough thrust to get into lunar orbit, despite months of effort by the operations team: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-calls-end-to-lunar-flashlight-after-some-tech-successes - because the CubeSat cannot complete maneuvers to stay in the Earth-Moon system, NASA has called an end to the mission