NASA Completes LADEE Mission with Planned Impact on Moon’s Surface “Ground controllers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., have confirmed that NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment […]
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LADEE Extended
NASA Extends LADEE Moon Exploring Satellite Mission “NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, or LADEE, observatory has been approved for a 28-day mission extension. The spacecraft is now expected […]
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Were You Wondering About China's Long-Term Moon Goals?
China aims for the Moon, Nature “Space analysts expect that the lunar and crewed objectives of China’s space-flight programme will merge, with Chinese astronauts (known as taikonauts) aiming to walk […]
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China/U.S. Collaboration on LADEE/Chang'e 3? Not Likely
China’s 1st Moon Lander May Cause Trouble for NASA Lunar Dust Mission, Space.com “Conversely, with some sort of communication between the missions, including NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO),” talk between […]
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LADEE Makes LOI-2 Burn
Keith’s note: According to someone at NASA: “LADEE just completed a successful firing of its main engine in the second lunar orbit insertion (LOI-2) burn! We are now in a […]
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LADEE Is Orbiting The Moon
Keith’s note: According to someone at NASA: “Early this morning (October 6), we fired LADEE’s main engine in a braking maneuver known as the Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) burn. This […]
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LADEE Launch Makes Frog Fly and Fry
Ground Control to Major Frog, Burrito Justice (w/cool frog GIF) “Ground Control to Major Frog Commencing countdown engines on WTF are you doing in the pond Check ignition and may […]
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ARC PAO Drags Their Feet on LADEE Problems
Keith’s 3:10 pm EDT note: LADEE slipped into safe mode again yesterday morning when its star trackers experienced an alignment error. This error has been fixed and the spacecraft is […]
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LADEE is Heading For The Moon
LADEE is Heading For The Moon with One Small Glitch (with video) “NASA has confirmed that the reaction wheels of its Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) were successfully […]
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How To Watch LADEE Launch From Your Front Yard
How to Watch the Launch of LADEE (with lots of images), Orbital ” … Although the views are shown in daylight, the LADEE launch is scheduled to occur at approximately […]