NASA writes off Lunar Trailblazer mission

Published on August 4, 2025
Lunar Trailblazer

NASA has formally ended a lunar orbiter smallsat mission more than five months after losing contact with it, another blow to the agency’s efforts at low-cost planetary missions.

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