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Targeted for launch aboard a @SpaceX Falcon 9 no earlier than Dec. 11, at 2:38 a.m. EST, our tiny Lunar Flashlight satellite will head to an orbit around the Moon where it will use lasers to light up dark craters to hunt for hidden water ice. Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/3hhggys
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NASA’s Lunar Flashlight SmallSat Readies for Launch

The small satellite will search for water ice in permanently shadowed craters at the Moon’s South Pole, using an orbit only one other spacecraft has employed.
Tony Greicius (NASA)
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BeegyPsi
BeegyPsi
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It makes me sad you guys are using SpaceX. ☹️
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Patrick
Patrick
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Most of us cannot keep working batteries in our flashlights and you do this!

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