A dishwasher-sized NASA satellite was launched into space from Florida on Wednesday (February 26) to identify where water - a precious resource for lunar missions - resides on the moon's surface in places such as the permanently shadowed craters at its poles.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral carrying NASA's Lunar Trailblazer orbiter. The Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft was built by Lockheed Martin's LMT.N space division. The satellite was a secondary payload onboard the rocket, with the primary payload being a lunar lander mission led by Intuitive MachinesLUNR.O.
first published: Feb 27, 2025 12:25 pm
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