Artemis 1 isn’t the only Mission to the Moon #NASA #moon

Artist’s rendering of the Lunar Flashlight in action.

Giant rockets and media grabbing flights aren’t the only missions getting us ready for the Moon. The Lunar Flashlight launched Sunday, December 11. About the size of a briefcase, the little craft will never return to Earth.

The Lunar Flashlight made a record of its own. Instead of hydrazine, it launched using a less toxic propellant that is safer to transport and store. One of the mission’s goals is to demonstrate this technology for future use.

Another goal is to use a reflectometer equipped with four lasers to study the distribution of surface water ice on the Moon for potential use by future astronauts.

The plan to return humans to the Moon is starting to sound very serious. Read more about the Lunar Flashlight and how to follow the mission by clicking here.

Until boots hit the lunar regolith, you need science fiction to visit the Moon. Hurry up and read this story before reality overtakes fiction:

Newly minted pilot Winnie Bravo is brash, reckless, and more than a little annoying as she sets out to prove herself. Capturing a stealth probe that’s destroying satellites seems the perfect way to demonstrate her talents, but the mysterious craft escapes. Now, someone at her corporation’s lunar base is willing to kill to stop her. Click here now and join Winnie in Earth orbit.