Category: lunar

India’s lunar lander crashed within 500 meters of its target

Post author By Randall
Post date November 27, 2019
Categories In braking, chandrayaan-2, crash, gear, hard land, indian space research organization, isro, lunar, lunar lander, malfunction, mission, Moon, Space, Tech, vikram

[ad_1] According to the report, Vikram’s braking thrusters malfunctioned — though we don’t know why — and it crashed within 500 meters of its designated landing site. All is not lost, though. All of the eight scientific instruments are still functioning and “providing valuable scientific data,” said Jitendra Singh, minister of state for the Department […]

Israel’s Moon probe snaps a final photo before crashing

Post author By Randall
Post date April 14, 2019
Categories In beresheet, gear, lunar, Moon, probe, Space, Tech, thebigpicture, thenewbigpicture

[ad_1] SpaceIL was one of the finalists for Google’s Lunar Xprize, which ended without a winner. Had the probe landed, it would have carried several scientific experiences. That includes measuring the local magnetic field using a magnetometer and carrying a NASA-made laser retroreflector array to measure the precise distance between the Earth and the Moon. […]