NASA’s Lunar Flashlight Faces Propulsion Obstacles
Credit: NASA JPL
HOUSTON—NASA’s Lunar Flashlight small satellite mission to seek out subsurface water ice at the Moon’s south pole has experienced a propulsion issue that has inhibited the performance of three of the spacecraft’s four thrusters, which are fueled by a groundbreaking new green monopropellant. The...
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