LADEE spacecraft flew into Moon's orbit

Spacecraft Exploring the unmanned Lunar Dust and Moon (LADEE) flight into the Moon's orbit, initially carrying out the task of exploring the atmosphere and dust around the planet.

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After a month since its launch into space, the LADEE ship designed to conduct atmospheric exploration and the moon's dust on October 6 has entered orbit around the Moon, NBC News reported.

During this period, scientists will test the ability of LADEE to operate a laser communication system to transfer data to Earth. Laser communication model can allow spacecraft to send 3D information, high definition video and other data on ground checkpoints.

When the operation phase is completed, the LADEE will begin implementing a plan to explore the mysteries of the atmosphere and dust of the Moon in 100 days. The instruments of the LADEE ship will help decipher the long-standing mysteries of whether the Moon's dust from the ultraviolet rays emits brilliant, phenomenal rays that Apollo astronauts have observed since 1996.

The LADEE spacecraft successfully flew into the Moon's orbit.(Photo: NASA)

LADEE will also investigate the ultra-thin atmosphere of the Moon. The Moon's atmosphere represents the most common type of atmosphere in the solar system. Some planets like Mercury and some asteroids also have this atmosphere, which will help the LADEE study to be carried out on a large scale.

"This is an atmosphere that we don't know much about, so the Moon is a good place to come and study it," said Sarah Noble, a scientist with the LADEE program.

Before flying into the Moon's orbit, the LADEE spacecraft orbited Earth's orbit in elliptical 3 times. It is expected that before the probe phase can begin, LADEE will burn the engine and turn around on October 9 and October 12.

According to Rachel Hoover, a spokesman for the Ames Research Center of the US Aeronautics and Aeronautics Agency, while the US announced that the government shut down had NASA closed, LADEE's research mission would not be affected. . The plan to shut down the government caused 18,000 NASA employees to stop working, but still allowed the agency to observe the flights of the LADEE spacecraft and the ISS International Space Station.

The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully launched a new generation rocket that carries a spacecraft, the Lunar Ashing and Atmospheric Exploration (LADEE), at 1027 am on 7/9 (Hanoi time). ) at Wallops Flight Campus in Virginia State, USA.