{"667023":{"#nid":"667023","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Tiny Lunar Flashlight moon probe is in trouble. NASA has one month to fix it.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA tiny NASA moon probe continues to battle thruster issues as it attempts to reach its destination, but there\u0027s still time left to make a fix.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.space.com\/lunar-flashlight-water-seeking-satellite-launch\u0022\u003ELunar Flashlight\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;launched in December 2022 on a quest to seek lunar ice. But on the way to the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.space.com\/topics\/moon\u0022\u003Emoon\u003C\/a\u003E, the cubesat experienced thruster glitches on its mission to test a new \u0022green\u0022 propellant. NASA officials downgraded its mission from orbiting to lunar flybys weeks ago.\u0026nbsp;NASA and mission partners at the Georgia Institute of Technology emphasize the lunar flybys will still be valuable, as they will bring the Cubesat by the south pole of the moon where NASA\u0027s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.space.com\/artemis-program.html\u0022\u003EArtemis program\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;aims to land astronauts as soon as 2025. A team from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ae.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGuggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E runs mission control activities, and Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/reveals.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EREVEALS (Radiation Effect on Volatiles and Exploration of Asteroids and Lunar Surfaces)\u003C\/a\u003E team, led by principal investigator \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/thomas-orlando\u0022\u003EThomas Orlando\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry \u003C\/a\u003Eand adjunct professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, will study any data collected on lunar ice.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA tiny NASA moon probe continues to battle thruster issues as it attempts to reach its destination, but there\u0027s still time left to make a fix.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.space.com\/lunar-flashlight-water-seeking-satellite-launch\u0022\u003ELunar Flashlight\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;launched in December 2022 on a quest to seek lunar ice. But on the way to the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.space.com\/topics\/moon\u0022\u003Emoon\u003C\/a\u003E, the cubesat experienced thruster glitches on its mission to test a new \u0022green\u0022 propellant. NASA officials downgraded its mission from orbiting to lunar flybys weeks ago.\u0026nbsp;NASA and mission partners at the Georgia Institute of Technology emphasize the lunar flybys will still be valuable, as they will bring the Cubesat by the south pole of the moon where NASA\u0027s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.space.com\/artemis-program.html\u0022\u003EArtemis program\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;aims to land astronauts as soon as 2025. A team from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ae.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGuggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E runs mission control activities, and Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/reveals.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EREVEALS (Radiation Effect on Volatiles and Exploration of Asteroids and Lunar Surfaces)\u003C\/a\u003E team, led by principal investigator \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/thomas-orlando\u0022\u003EThomas Orlando\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry \u003C\/a\u003Eand adjunct professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, will study any data collected on lunar ice.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-04-03 15:25:42","changed_gmt":"2023-04-03 15:25:42","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Space.com","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-moon-probe-lunar-flashlight-one-month-fix","dateline":{"date":"2023-03-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-03-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"14768","name":"Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering"},{"id":"95521","name":"Thomas Orlando"},{"id":"173834","name":"REVEALS"},{"id":"188307","name":"Lunar Flashlight"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}