“Unlocking the Secrets of the Moon: Witness History as NASA Broadcasts the First Commercial Lunar Launch Live!”
Subsurface drilling, sample collection and analysis, and measuring local electromagnetic fields will help determine the Moon’s temperature structure and thermal evolution, as well as surface and interior composition and heat flow.
Other payloads will study how lunar dust cling to various materials and use electromagnetism to diminish or prevent abrasive regolith buildup on spacecraft, spacesuits, and habitats.
NASA is ready to explore of the Moon than ever before, awarding Firefly Aerospace $179 million
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The space transportation firm Firefly, which was founded in 2017 and is now valued at $2 billion, has been awarded four task orders to complete three lunar deliveries as part of NASA’s CLPS initiative.
“To have your name associated with a vehicle that’s going to land on the Moon and stay there is quite inspirational,” Firefly Aerospace’s CEO Jason Kim shared.
The 2nd Firefly’s lunar mission is scheduled in 2026 and includes a lunar orbit drop-off of a satellite and a surface delivery to the far side of the Moon while the 3rd will aim to deliver six NASA payloads to the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon’s near side.
People on the internet couldn’t hold back their excitement about upcoming remarkable launch
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