A whole host of documents presenting work and recommendations of US scientists and engineers in service of NASA’s Moon exploration goals have gone missing from the website of the agency-backed Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG).
Until a lunar lander is aloft, engineers never really know if their testing regime was appropriate. In this feature piece, I explain the key tests and challenges engineers face in preparing a lander for Luna.
Astrobotic’s Moon lander blasted off to space onboard ULA’s Vulcan rocket, marking the formal start of missions part of NASA’s CLPS program to send agency-funded as well as commercial payloads to the Moon.