NASA Spacecraft 'Pings' India's Chandrayaan-3 Lander On Moon Laser instrument onboard a NASA spacecraft orbiting the Moon has successfully pinged the Vikram lander of India's Chandrayaan-3 mission, the US space agency said. The laser beam was transmitted and reflected between the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and an Oreo-sized device on Vikram lander, opening the door to a new style of precisely locating targets on the Moon's surface, NASA said. The lander was 100 kilometers away from LRO, near Manzinus crater in the Moon's south pole region, when LRO transmitted laser pulses toward it on December 12 last year ©SHIRSENDU KARMAKAR #NASA

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NASA blames blocked propellant lines for lunar cubesat’s doom Stay ahead of your peers in technology and engineering - The Blueprint Ongoing problems Further investigation by the agency revealed that the source of the debris in the thrusters was likely sintered titanium particles that may have dislodged themselves from the interior of propellant lines due to the vibrations that occurred before and during launch. ©SHIRSENDU KARMAKAR #NASA

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NASA Successfully Creates Oxygen On Mars NASA's Mars rover has managed to create oxygen. While the 24-hour news cycle has been looking to the sea for news about the Titan Submersible, its gaze may be soon turning upwards to the sky. Continuing to impress us on a daily basis, NASA has made a giant step forward in space exploration by successfully creating oxygen on Mars. ©SHIRSENDU KARMAKAR #NASA

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