Lunar Flashlight lunar-ice prospecting CubeSat
Lunar Flashlight was a NASA small spacecraft and technology-demonstration CubeSat that used near-infrared lasers and a spectrometer to search for exposed water ice in permanently shadowed lunar craters during its outbound lunar mission.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Lunar Flashlight CubeSatLunar Flashlight
- Family Name
- Lunar Flashlight
- Full Name
- Lunar Flashlight lunar-ice prospecting CubeSat
- Roles
- technology_demonstratorresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Lunar Flashlight was a NASA small spacecraft and technology-demonstration CubeSat that used near-infrared lasers and a spectrometer to search for exposed water ice in permanently shadowed lunar craters during its outbound lunar mission.
- First Flight Year
- 2,022
- Last Flight Year
- 2,023
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/lunar-flashlight/
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 04:34:41 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 04:34:41 UTC