Both the Apollo Command Module (CM) and Lunar Module (LM ... the computer is the one that controls the throttle, thrusters, gimbals (which are servo motors that control the direction of the ...
However, the probe has encountered an issue, and its thrusters have failed to perform as expected. NASA has been planning to send its Lunar Flashlight probe to the moon for several years ...
The propulsion unit of the Luna-25 automatic lunar probe operated for 127 seconds ... "At 2:10 p.m. Moscow time [on August 19], thrusters intended to adjust the spacecraft and bring it into ...
Just days later, lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin would be following mission commander Neil Armstrong onto the moon's surface to deploy a UMD-led experiment. The suitcase-size array of ...
ESA has just signed a landmark contract with Italy’s Thales Alenia Space to build this lander dubbed Argonaut Lunar Descent Element.