Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a rectangular satellite with four solar panels floats in space above the moon NASA has given up on the planned moon mission of its ...

Set for a November launch, the small satellite mission will use lasers to search for water ice inside the darkest craters at the Moon’s South Pole. The Moon’s poles offer a tantalizing opportunity for ...

Launching next month, the space agency's Lunar Flashlight will search for water ice hiding in permanently shadowed craters on the Moon's south pole. Reading time 2 minutes The Lunar Flashlight is ...

Ongoing thruster problems have forced a major re-think of NASA's Lunar Flashlight mission, with a monthly orbit now planned for the cubesat. Reading time 2 minutes Lunar Flashlight’s journey to ...

NASA is serious about getting people back to the moon. That means it’s time to find out where all the water is. Lunar Flashlight is about “learning to live and work off-planet, and really establishing ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is preparing to search for ice in inaccesible corners of the lunar surface using an orbiting laser instrument. Due for launch in Novenber 2022, the Lunar ...

The Lunar Flashlight is a small satellite that is no bigger than a briefcase. Currently, it is swooping low over the lunar South Pole, and it will use lasers to shed light on these dark craters. The ...