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Daniel Fischer<p>In which NASA asks asteroid (!) observers to please keep tracking the incommunicative <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LunarTrailblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LunarTrailblazer</span></a> optically so that its orbit can be improved: <a href="https://groups.io/g/mpml/message/40425" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">groups.io/g/mpml/message/40425</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> - there is still faint hope that it may speak again one day. Photometry is also welcome to better understand the attitude.</p>
Kuuke's Sterrenbeelden<p>Mogelijk ook einde voor de Lunar Trailblazer-missie van NASA</p><p>De toekomst van NASA's Lunar Trailblazer-maansonde ziet er somber uit, met weinig vermogen en oncontroleerbare rotatie. Het is een week geleden dat NASA het contact verloor met zijn nieuwe naar water zoekende maansonde.</p><p>Lunar Trailblazer Artist impressie. By NASA - https://nssdc.gsfc.</p><p><a href="https://www.kuuke.nl/mogelijk-ook-einde-voor-de-lunar-trailblazer-missie-van-nasa/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kuuke.nl/mogelijk-ook-einde-vo</span><span class="invisible">or-de-lunar-trailblazer-missie-van-nasa/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/LunarTrailblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LunarTrailblazer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/maan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/ruimtesonde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruimtesonde</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>Bad news from the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LunarTrailblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LunarTrailblazer</span></a>: <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/trailblazer/2025/03/04/nasa-continuing-efforts-to-contact-command-lunar-trailblazer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.nasa.gov/trailblazer/202</span><span class="invisible">5/03/04/nasa-continuing-efforts-to-contact-command-lunar-trailblazer/</span></a> - "the team believes the spacecraft is spinning slowly in a low-power state" and missed crucial trajectory correction maneuvers. "The team is now working to define alternative TCM strategies that could be used after reacquiring communications and establishing normal spacecraft functionality. These alternative TCM strategies may be able to place Lunar Trailblazer in lunar orbit and allow it to complete some of its science objectives."</p>
Daniel Fischer<p>So while the Athena mission is now progressing fine, there are issues with Odin *and* the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LunarTrailblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LunarTrailblazer</span></a>: <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/trailblazer/2025/02/27/nasa-working-to-reestablish-communications-with-lunar-trailblazer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.nasa.gov/trailblazer/202</span><span class="invisible">5/02/27/nasa-working-to-reestablish-communications-with-lunar-trailblazer/</span></a> - the latter has "intermittent power system issues" and "the team now is working with NASA ground stations to reestablish telemetry and commanding to better assess the power system issues and develop potential solutions."</p>
NASA<p>Liftoff! NASA Tech, Science En Route to Moon with Intuitive Machines <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/liftoff-nasa-tech-science-en-route-to-moon-with-intuitive-machines/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasa.gov/news-release/liftoff-</span><span class="invisible">nasa-tech-science-en-route-to-moon-with-intuitive-machines/</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/CommercialLunarPayloadServicesCLPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommercialLunarPayloadServicesCLPS</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/Artemis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artemis</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/GoddardSpaceFlightCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoddardSpaceFlightCenter</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/LunarTrailblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LunarTrailblazer</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/Missions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Missions</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p>No fuel and no money? No problem. <br>Just pay with time.</p><p>The image below shows the complex low energy transfer of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>'s Lunar Trailblazer to Moon orbit, where it will try to find and map where water is, how much there is, and how it changes with time.</p><p>More here:<br><a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/6-things-to-know-about-nasas-lunar-trailblazer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jpl.nasa.gov/news/6-things-to-</span><span class="invisible">know-about-nasas-lunar-trailblazer/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LunarTrailblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LunarTrailblazer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luna</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solarocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>
NASA<p>6 Things to Know About NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/missions/small-satellite-missions/lunar-trailblazer/6-things-to-know-about-nasas-lunar-trailblazer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasa.gov/missions/small-satell</span><span class="invisible">ite-missions/lunar-trailblazer/6-things-to-know-about-nasas-lunar-trailblazer/</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/LunarTrailblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LunarTrailblazer</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/CommercialLunarPayloadServicesCLPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommercialLunarPayloadServicesCLPS</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/EarthSMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthSMoon</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/LunarScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LunarScience</span></a></p>
NASA<p>How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Will Make a Looping Voyage to the Moon <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/jpl/how-nasas-lunar-trailblazer-will-make-a-looping-voyage-to-the-moon/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie</span><span class="invisible">s/jpl/how-nasas-lunar-trailblazer-will-make-a-looping-voyage-to-the-moon/</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/LunarTrailblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LunarTrailblazer</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/CommercialLunarPayloadServicesCLPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommercialLunarPayloadServicesCLPS</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/EarthSMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthSMoon</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/JetPropulsionLaboratory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JetPropulsionLaboratory</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/LunarScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LunarScience</span></a></p>
NASA<p>How NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer Could Decipher the Moon’s Icy Secrets <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/missions/small-satellite-missions/lunar-trailblazer/how-nasas-lunar-trailblazer-could-decipher-the-moons-icy-secrets/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nasa.gov/missions/small-satell</span><span class="invisible">ite-missions/lunar-trailblazer/how-nasas-lunar-trailblazer-could-decipher-the-moons-icy-secrets/</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/LunarTrailblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LunarTrailblazer</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/EarthSMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthSMoon</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/Moons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moons</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/PlanetaryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryScience</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/PlanetaryScienceDivision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryScienceDivision</span></a> <a href="https://social.beachcom.org/tags/ScienceMissionDirectorate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceMissionDirectorate</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p>NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer is nearing completion now that its second and final cutting-edge science instrument has been added to the small spacecraft.</p><p>Instruments:<br>• Lunar Thermal Mapper (LTM) - University of Oxford<br>• High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper (HVM3) - JPL</p><p><a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-lunar-trailblazer-gets-final-payload-for-moon-water-hunt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-lunar-</span><span class="invisible">trailblazer-gets-final-payload-for-moon-water-hunt</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LunarTrailblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LunarTrailblazer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Solarocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solarocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>
Ian J. O'Neill<p>Super excited to see <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/LunarTrailblazer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LunarTrailblazer</span></a> coming together! The SIMPLEx mission led by <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/Caltech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caltech</span></a> and managed by <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/NASAJPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASAJPL</span></a> will launch next year to map out the Moon's water and this month its imaging spectrometer HVM3 was integrated with the spacecraft at <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/LockheedMartinSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LockheedMartinSpace</span></a>! A huge milestone: <a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/moon-water-imager-integrated-with-nasas-lunar-trailblazer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jpl.nasa.gov/news/moon-water-i</span><span class="invisible">mager-integrated-with-nasas-lunar-trailblazer</span></a></p>
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