Kuninaka tried not to let it show, but he was gloomy because the solar panels on the probe were not operating properly. The SLIM probe made a near-perfect soft landing on the lunar surface while ...

The probe is outfitted with two deployable solar arrays. Related: Private Athena moon lander arrives in Florida ahead of SpaceX launch on Feb. 26 Lunar Trailblazer instruments will peer into the ...

If sunlight hits the solar cells from the west as the moon orbits the Earth, SLIM may “wake up,” the agency said. “We are keeping our hopes up that sunlight will hit the probe to restart it ...

The probe is outfitted with two deployable solar arrays. Lunar Trailblazer instruments will peer into the moon's permanently shadowed regions to spot micro-cold traps less than a football field in ...

across when its solar panels are fully deployed. “Unlike the norm for small missions that may only have a very focused, singular purpose, Lunar Trailblazer has two high-fidelity instruments ...

FARSIDE Probe-class concept to place a low radio ... below bands accessible to ground-based radio astronomy. The lunar farside can simultaneously provide isolation from terrestrial radio frequency ...

The solar panels installed vertically on the probe are being optimized to capture low-angle sunlight near the lunar pole, Tang said, adding that the mission has entered its final assembly and ...

Just last month, NASA launched a small probe called the Lunar Flashlight toward the moon. The small probe was expected to test a new green propellant on its four-month voyage to the moon ...

Recently NASA announced earlier this month that the 12 kW Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) — which is scheduled to form an integral part of the Lunar Gateway when it is launched ...

About 12 months ago, Japan landed its first-ever probe on the moon following a series of painful setbacks to the nation’s space ambitions. That SLIM lander, nicknamed Moon Sniper, nearly became a lost ...