🌕✨ NASA’s Lunar Flashlight: The Tiny Explorer With a Big Mission! Imagine a spacecraft no bigger than a briefcase heading into deep space — that’s NASA’s Lunar Flashlight. 🚀 This powerful SmallSat is on a mission to search for water ice hidden inside the Moon’s darkest craters near the lunar South Pole. Using four infrared lasers, Lunar Flashlight shines light into permanently shadowed regions — places sunlight has never reached. By reading the light that reflects back, NASA can detect water i

29K views · 671 reactions | Early analysis showed water ice locked in lunar soil—up to 300 million metric tons. But at just 0.3–1% concentration, it’s not just about finding it... It’s about whether we can extract it. That challenge could define the future of space colonization. | The Randall Carlson | Facebook

1.7K views · 50 reactions | After years of preparation, a team of Georgia Tech researchers and students will watch their small satellite leave Earth and begin its mission to the moon. SpaceX will launch Lunar Flashlight on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. | AP | Facebook