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NASA calls end to Lunar Flashlight after some tech successes

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NASA's Lunar Flashlight launched on Dec. 11, 2022, to demonstrate several new technologies. Mission's miniaturized propulsion system - the first of its kind ever flown - proved unable to generate enough thrust to get into lunar orbit. NASA relies on technology demonstrations to fill specific knowledge gaps.
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NASA calls end to Lunar Flashlight after some tech successes

Pasadena CA (JPL) May 15, 2023 While the CubeSat couldn't reach the lunar South Pole to help seek ice, it fulfilled several technology goals that will empower future missions for the benefit of humanity. NASA's Lunar Flashlight launched on Dec. 11, 2022, to demonstrate several new technologies, with an ultimate goal to seek out surface ice in the permanently shadowed craters of the Moon's South Pole. Since then, the bri

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