NASA has a new spacecraft on the way to search for ice on the Moon, which could provide more details about the surface of our satellite.
a small satellite that will journey to the Moon and search for ice on the Lunar surface. The satellite, called the Lunar Flashlight, successfully communicated with NASA flight control on December 11, after launching from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The small satellite, or SmallSat, is now on a four-month-long journey to seek out surface water ice on the Moon.
It’s an intriguing search that could provide more information about the Moon’s South Pole. This area is just one of many that NASA is considering forto put humans back on the Moon. Additionally, the South Pole is an area of the Moon that we have yet to explore extensively, so it could provide much-needed context for the area if we find ice on the Moon there.This satellite will never return to Earth, either.
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