NCU's Deep Space Radiation Probe (DSRP) was aboard the HAKUTO-R Mission 2 lunar lander developed ... The mission's primary purpose is to measure ionizing radiation between the Earth and the Moon, as ...

The probe was expected to begin operating 36 hours later when the department would begin collecting data for analysis, the university added. The primary objective of the mission is to measure the ...

Astronauts were last on the moon in 1972 during the Apollo 17 mission. But before Artemis II, NASA will send two missions to scout the surface of the lunar south pole for resources that could ...

making it difficult to make the necessary maneuvers that the probe will need to rely on to make it all the way to the moon in its search for ice on the surface. The plan with the Lunar Flashlight ...

The Hakuto-R will take longer to get there because Ispace is taking a safer and less energy intensive route and aiming for a flatter landing spot on the moon’s surface this time around. Ispace was ...

Advertisement But before Artemis II, NASA will send two missions to scout the surface of the lunar south pole for resources that could sustain human space travel and enable new scientific discoveries.