Lunar Trailblazer
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Lunar Trailblazer is a NASA SIMPLEx small satellite mission launching in February 2025. It will create maps of water on the Moon, helping guide future exploration. Science and operations led from Caltech. This is not an official NASA account.
Following Lunar Trailblazer's successful deployment from its launch vehicle on Feb. 26, mission operators received engineering data indicating intermittent power system issues. The team is working to reestablish telemetry and commanding to develop potential solutions. blogs.nasa.gov/trailblazer
Lunar Trailblazer
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Fly, @lunartrailblazer.bsky.social, fly! 🪽 The spacecraft has separated from the rocket and is now flying solo. ~30 min. after separation, IPAC's mission ops will work on receiving its first signal. ipac.caltech.edu/news/nasa-s-lunar-trailblazer-spacecraft-separates-from-falcon-9-second-stage
NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Spacecraft Separates From Falcon 9 Second Stage
The second stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 completed its Earth departure burn, and NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft has separated from it and is flying independently. The spacecraft is now expected to...
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Bernoulli the Beaver (@caltech.edu's mascot) is ready for the @lunartrailblazer.bsky.social launch in less than one hour! 🛰️🌕🦫🧡 Watch the launch scheduled for 4:16 pm PT/7:16 pm ET live at the following link: plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vi...
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer is set to launch to the Moon very soon. 🛰️🌘🔭 The spacecraft, carrying the University of Oxford's (@ox.ac.uk) Lunar Thermal Mapper – funded by us - will map the location of water to support future missions, when astronauts return to the Moon. 👉 jpl.nasa.gov/news/how-nas...
How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Will Make a Looping Voyage to the Moon
Before arriving at the Moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the Sun, Earth, and Moon over several months to gradually line up for capture into lunar orbit.
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The Lunar Trailblazer orbiter's launch window opens Feb 26. It's catching a ride with Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission which is landing on the moon near the south pole. Both have instruments for looking for water.
Lunar Trailblazer sets out to find water on the moon
The Lunar Trailblazer orbiter's launch window opens Feb 26. It's catching a ride with Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission which is landing on the moon near the south pole. Both have instruments for lookin...
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🍿A Rocket Launch Double Feature!🍿 This is an exciting week for IPAC: @lunartrailblazer.bsky.social & SPHEREx are NASA missions scheduled for launch! Here’s where you can watch the action and excitement leading up to liftoff—and beyond! 🚀🚀 www.ipac.caltech.edu/news/a-rocket-launch-double-feature
To the Moon! On Feb. 26, NASA science and tech are set to launch on Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander, Athena. Watch live coverage of NASA's second lunar mission with Intuitive Machines on NASA+. go.nasa.gov/4bbk5wp
#CountdownToLaunch: Meet Judy 🗓️ Judy Adler is the @lunartrailblazer.bsky.social Operations Coordinator & Scheduler. Missions operations can be a complicated mix of scheduling, planning, and cooperation, and Judy is the one making it all run smoothly. youtube.com/shorts/KPICD...
#CountdownToLaunch: Meet Judy 🗓️
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#CountdownToLaunch: Meet Daphne 💻 @lunartrailblazer.bsky.social is lucky to have many amazing interns working on the mission. Daphne Nea is a student at Pasadena City College studying computer science, and she is helping to launch a satellite to the Moon! Stay tuned for more LTB content!
A looping journey is in store for Lunar Trailblazer, which is set to launch in less than 2 weeks. The small satellite will use the Sun, Earth, and Moon's gravity over several months to slowly enter lunar orbit, where it'll map the Moon's surface water. go.nasa.gov/40UZgAN
#CountdownToLaunch: Meet Lunar Trailblazer 🌙 Dr. Bethany Ehlmann introduces us to the @lunartrailblazer.bsky.social primary science goals. Stay tuned for more LTB content as we #CountdownToLaunch with @caltechipac.bsky.social !
#CountdownToLaunch: Lunar Trailblazer up close 🔎 This animation shows the period reduction phase when @lunartrailblazer.bsky.social is slowing down and settling into its science orbit around the Moon. Stay tuned for more LTB content as we #CountdownToLaunch with @caltechipac.bsky.social !
👀 Lunar Trailblazer is now on NASA’s Eyes! 👀 Interact with a 3D model of the Lunar Trailblazer satellite on its February 27th launch trajectory with NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System, a 3D visualization application for real-time data 🛰️ 🔗: eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-s...
Lunar Trailblazer is a small satellite (‘smallsat’) that will orbit the Moon to detect and map water on the lunar surface. For more information, visit nasa.gov/event/lunar-trailblazer.
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer - NASA
Selected by NASA’s Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program in 2019, Lunar Trailblazer will map the distribution of the different forms of water that exist on the surface ...
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