NASA Tries to 'Revive' Lunar Trailblazer Orbiter

For two months, the Lunar Trailblazer probe has been drifting through space without a sign of life. In six weeks, it will be lost forever in the darkness. Its silence dates back to the early hours of the mission. A $94 million waste.

NASA Tries to 'Revive' Lunar Trailblazer Orbiter

© Naukatv.ru NASA is still hoping to recover the Lunar Trailblazer craft, which was launched on February 26 by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The 200-kilogram probe went silent a day after launch. The mission team found that the craft was spinning slowly and running out of power because it was unable to collect enough sunlight to charge its batteries as planned.   Despite the major problems with Lunar Trailblazer, NASA continues to work on restoring …