On Ferbaury 27, Falcon 9 of Spacex successfully launched the IM-2 mission of intuitive machines, which transports Ethana lander from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
The lunar lander is aiming to reach the south pole of the moon, where it will deploy a drone to hop in a jet-black crater that never sees the sun. With the landing set for March 6, the lander of spontaneous machines is on a fast track for the moon
NASA’s Science Mission head Nikki Fox told Associated Press a few hours before the launch, “This is a wonderful time. There is a lot of energy.”
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Ethana lander, who stands 15 feet long (4.7 m), will descend from the lunar south pole about 100 miles (160 km). Just a quarter miles (400 m) away is a permanently shade pit-the last destination for a drone named.
It is named after the late computer programming pioneer grace hopper, 3-foot (1-meter) drone will make three rapidly high and long-testing hops on the lunar surface using flight (1-meter) drone navigation and hydragen fuel-lysters for cameras and laser.
If they move well, it is an estimated 65 feet (20 m) deep in the nearby pitch-black pit. Hungary and Germany’s science equipment will measure at the bottom when hunting for frozen water.
It will be the first up-close inside one of the many shady craters who dot both north and south poles. Scientists suspect that these crater tons are filled with snow. If so, this ice can be replaced by the future explorers by drinking in water, air to breathe and even rocket fuel.
If they move well, it is an estimated 65 feet (20 m) deep in the nearby pitch-black pit. Hungarian and German science equipment will measure at the bottom when hunting for frozen water.
It will be the first up-close inside one of the many shady craters who dot both north and south poles. Scientists suspect that these crater tons are filled with snow. If so, this ice can be replaced by the future explorers by drinking in water, air to breathe and even rocket fuel.
NASA is paying $ 62 million to comfortable machines to get its drill and other experiments to the moon. In turn, the company sold the place to others on the lander. It also opened the Falcon rocket for riding.
(With all input from AP)
