Good overview of the landing. We nominally target a few hundred feet away from Jacklyn to avoid a severe impact if engines fail to start or start slowly. We’ll incrementally reduce that conservatism over time. We are all excited and grateful for yesterday. Amazing performance by the team! Gradatim Ferociter.
La Fuerza Espacial de los Estados Unidos ha compartido por primera vez una imagen tomada desde su avión espacial secreto X-37B mientras orbitaba la Tierra. La fotografía, publicada el 20 de febrero de 2025, muestra una vista parcial del vehículo con nuestro planeta de fondo.
El X-37B es una nave espacial autónoma y reutilizable, cuya creación comenzó bajo la supervisión de la NASA antes de pasar a estar bajo el control del Departamento de Defensa de EE.UU. Desde su debut en 2010, ha completado diversas misiones, en su mayoría de carácter confidencial, con el propósito de evaluar nuevas tecnologías espaciales y llevar a cabo investigaciones en órbita. Sin embargo, los detalles específicos de sus actividades siguen siendo en gran parte desconocidos.
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Crédito de la imagen: Fuerza Espacial
How the Lunar Roving Vehicles were deployed from the quadrant 1 bay of the Apollo LMs. This is television camera video from Apollo 15 in July 1971 showing Dave Scott; Jim Irwin off frame (3 separate clips spliced together playing at 5x speed with overlaid audio at normal speed.)
Blue Ghost has already downlinked nearly 13 GB of data during our journey to the Moon, including some incredible payload science for @NASA! The latest payload successes include radiation tolerant computing through the Van Allen Belts with @montanastate's RadPC, measuring changes in the magnetic field with @SwRI's Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder, and ongoing health checks for @HB_Robotics's Lunar PlanetVac.
Get the details here: https://t.co/ms0v7zzjY0 #BGM1
I spy with my little lander, a Moon in the distance. Check out Blue Ghost's amazing view of Earth eclipsing the Moon as the lander travels on orbit. Our #GhostRiders can't wait to share more postcard worthy moments as we continue on our roadtrip. #BGM1
Our #GhostRiders captured the beauty of our home planet during another Earth orbit burn. This second engine burn (and first critical burn) adjusted Blue Ghost's apogee (the furthest point from Earth) using just our Spectre RCS thrusters. With just over two weeks left in Earth orbit before our Trans Lunar Injection, our team will continue operating our @NASA payloads onboard and capturing science data along the way! #BGM1