NASA Lunar Trailblazer lunar water-mapping spacecraft
Lunar Trailblazer was a Lockheed Martin Curio-based 200-kilogram NASA small spacecraft and lunar orbiter designed to map the form, abundance, and distribution of water on the Moon. Its HVM3 infrared spectrometer and Lunar Thermal Mapper combined water, mineralogy, and thermal observations; the mission ended on July 31, 2025 after communications were lost during outbound cruise.
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- Aliases
- Lunar TrailblazerSIMPLEx-5NASA Lunar TrailblazerLTBLunar Trailblazer spacecraft
- Family Name
- Lunar Trailblazer
- Full Name
- NASA Lunar Trailblazer lunar water-mapping spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
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- Description
- Lunar Trailblazer was a Lockheed Martin Curio-based 200-kilogram NASA small spacecraft and lunar orbiter designed to map the form, abundance, and distribution of water on the Moon. Its HVM3 infrared spectrometer and Lunar Thermal Mapper combined water, mineralogy, and thermal observations; the mission ended on July 31, 2025 after communications were lost during outbound cruise.
- First Flight Year
- 2,025
- Last Flight Year
- 2,025
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Spacecraft Specs
- Launch Mass Kg
- 200
- Reusability
- unknown
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- Creation Time
- July 20, 2026 at 10:36:16 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 08:56:02 UTC
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