What's New in Lunar & Planetary Science
A new asteroid has been added to the itinerary of the
Lucy mission. It will fly within 450 km of asteroid 1999 V57 on 1 November 2023.
For more information, see the 25 January
NASA press release.
The
InSight
Mars Lander mission has been declared over after ground controllers failed to communicate
with the lander on two separate attempts. For more, see the 21 December
NASA press release.
The
Hakuto-R M1
lunar landing mission and the
Lunar Flashlight
Moon orbiting cubesat successfully launched together on 11 December at 07:38 UT (2:38 a.m. EST).
- 1930
- Clyde Tombaugh finishes a six-night observing run that leads to the discovery of Pluto.
- 1989
- The Phobos 2 spacecraft goes into orbit around Mars.
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