07.09.2013 – 17:50 clock
New York – With a blinding light tail probe is passed “Ladee” of the earth. And with it, the U.S. space agency of its moon exploration.
For the time being the last time NASA has sent at night to Saturday a missile to the moon. 100 days to investigate the extremely thin atmosphere of the celestial body, the spacecraft “Ladee”. As we continue onward with the exploration of the Moon Nasa, is still unclear.
“Ladee,” short for “Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer” is about as big as a small car and lifted aboard a Minotaur V rocket from a spaceport in the U.S. state of Virginia.Photo: Reuters
The start of the 250 million dollars (about 190 million euros) expensive mission had been expected by experts with power. For the parting of the mission was also a double premiere: The spaceport in the NASA Wallops branch to Iceland, an island off the east coast of Virginia, was never used for a space mission. The same was true for the used launcher.
photo: AP / dpa
approximately 30 days it will take until the probe arrives in the atmosphere of the moon. Then shall “Ladee” initially for a month check the operation of their equipment and then collect around 100 daily data. Among other things, they will explore how ice could occur at the poles of the moon.
The data collected by the probe could be extremely helpful for a manned moon flight – not only is the currently planned by NASA
. The Authority intends to focus on in the future to capture an asteroid and manned missions to Mars. Plans for manned lunar missions were initially banished to pressure from the Obama administration in the drawer. Further exploration of the moon is so wide open.
Photo: AP
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