Europe discontinues moon exploration partnership with Russia
The drill will now fly to the Moon onboard a NASA-led Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission, Aschbacher said.
The drill will now fly to the Moon onboard a NASA-led Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission, Aschbacher said.
The full Moon of March will reach its peak on Friday, just two days before the arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, Space.com reported.
"As a result, we conclude that a completely vapour disk is not capable of forming fractionally large moons," Nakajima said. "Planetary masses need to be smaller than those thresholds we identified in order to produce such moons."
"The data received from VIPER has the potential to aid our scientists in determining precise locations and concentrations of ice on the Moon and will help us evaluate the environment and potential resources at the lunar south pole in preparation for Artemis astronauts,"
"We're excited to launch DOGE-1 to the Moon!" said Tom Ochinero, vice president of commercial sales at SpaceX.
