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NASA JPL Testing Readies Voyager Technologies Lander for Moon Mission
The lander endured thermal vacuum, vibration and acoustic tests that simulate launch and lunar conditions, Voyager said.
- NASA's Griffin-1 commercial lander successfully passed critical environmental testing at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, confirming the spacecraft is ready to survive space exploration rigors.
- Part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, Griffin-1 is scheduled to launch later this year aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to establish infrastructure for the Moon Base Program.
- Engineers subjected the 2,789-pound spacecraft to extreme conditions: 153-decibel acoustic blasts, thermal vacuum cycles from minus 148 to 167 degrees Fahrenheit, and vibration testing using a "shaker table" to simulate launch.
- Following successful testing, Griffin-1 returned to Voyager Lunar Systems for final assembly. "Griffin-1 is ready for the extreme journey ahead," said John Thornton, executive vice president, Voyager.
- Launch-Readiness operations will now commence before shipment to Cape Canaveral. The mission will deliver more than 1,100 pounds of cargo, including the FLIP rover, to the Nobile Crater.
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NASA JPL Testing Readies Voyager Technologies Lander for Moon Mission
A commercial lander that will be at the forefront of NASA’s efforts to establish a Moon Base, humanity’s first lunar outpost, has passed a series of critical tests at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The tests simulated the extreme temperatures and vacuum of space, as well as the intense shaking and ear-splitting […]
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