2023-04-26 05:22:57
Dubai > After moments of excitement and anticipation, the UAE lunar mission has failed. A last-minute attempt to make a soft landing in Atlas Crater, the northeastern region of the moon, failed. The UAE’s first lunar mission, the Rasheed rover, was launched by Japanese company ISpace’s Hakuto R-Lantern. At 10:10 p.m. on Tuesday night, the lantern came within a kilometer of the moon, but then lost communication. The probe, which was orbiting at a height of one hundred kilometers of the moon, was aimed at decelerating in five stages and landing. The probe, which was traveling at a speed of 5800 km per hour, slowed down at 9 pm and was released. The speed was controlled by firing the propulsion engines through an autonomous system. At the final stage, when it reached a height of two kilometers from the lunar surface, the speed reached three kilometers. After one kilometer passed, the probe’s connection with the Earth was unexpectedly stopped. It is concluded that the spacecraft containing the rover lost control at the last moment and crashed. Hakuto was launched by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on December 11. Read on deshabhimani.com
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