Science News Roundup: Moon lander Odysseus tipped sideways on lunar floor however ‘alive and nicely’; Stratolaunch conducts ‘captive carry’ take a look at flight of hypersonic car

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Science News Roundup: Moon lander Odysseus tipped sideways on lunar floor however ‘alive and nicely’; Stratolaunch conducts ‘captive carry’ take a look at flight of hypersonic car

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February 26, 2024

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Science News Roundup: Moon lander Odysseus tipped sideways on lunar floor however ‘alive and nicely’; Stratolaunch conducts ‘captive carry’ take a look at flight of hypersonic car

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Houston-based Intuitive Machines additionally revealed that human error led to a failure of the spacecraft’s laser-based vary finders, how engineers detected the glitch by likelihood hours earlier than touchdown time, and the way they improvised an emergency repair that saved the mission from a possible crash. Stratolaunch conducts ‘captive carry’ take a look at flight of hypersonic car Private U.S. firm Stratolaunch performed its second “captive carry” take a look at flight of what it hopes will change into a reusable hypersonic car, it stated on Saturday, because the Pentagon presses forward with improvement of latest hypersonic weapons.

Devdiscourse News Desk

Updated: 26-02-2024 02:39 IST | Created: 26-02-2024 02:27 IST

Following is a abstract of present science information briefs.

Moon lander Odysseus tipped sideways on lunar floor however ‘alive and nicely’

The moon lander dubbed Odysseus is “alive and well” however resting on its facet a day after its white-knuckle landing as the primary personal spacecraft ever to achieve the lunar floor, and the primary from the U.S. since 1972, the corporate behind the car stated on Friday. Houston-based Intuitive Machines additionally revealed that human error led to a failure of the spacecraft’s laser-based vary finders, how engineers detected the glitch by likelihood hours earlier than touchdown time, and the way they improvised an emergency repair that saved the mission from a possible crash.

Stratolaunch conducts ‘captive carry’ take a look at flight of hypersonic car

Private U.S. firm Stratolaunch performed its second “captive carry” take a look at flight of what it hopes will change into a reusable hypersonic car, it stated on Saturday, because the Pentagon presses forward with improvement of latest hypersonic weapons. The Stratolaunch Talon-A was loaded with dwell propellant and carried aloft by the Spirit of Mojave, a modified Boeing 747-400 with twin fuselages, on a greater than four-hour flight going over the Pacific Ocean.

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