Waspie_Dwarf Posted July 3, 2013 #1 Share Posted July 3, 2013 NASA Ames Introduces LADEE Spacecraft AnimationNASA Ames' Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) is a robotic mission that will orbit the moon to gather detailed information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface and environmental influences on lunar dust.LADEE's scheduled Sep. 5, 2013, launch will mark several firsts. It will be the first payload to launch on a U.S. Air Force Minotaur V rocket integrated by Orbital Sciences Corp., and the first deep space mission to launch from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Flight Facility.Credit: NASA Ames/Dana BerryNote: Animation is silent with no audio/music track included.For more information about the LADEE mission, please visithttp://www.nasa.gov/LADEEFor more information about NASA Ames, please visithttp://www.nasa.gov/ames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted July 11, 2013 Author #2 Share Posted July 11, 2013 NASA Ames LADEE Mission - Lunar Orbital Insertion AnimationNASA Ames' Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) is a robotic mission that will orbit the moon to gather detailed information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface and environmental influences on lunar dust. LADEE is scheduled to launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Sept. 6, 2013.This animation is a representation of lunar orbital insertion, which is the path the spacecraft follows when it is captured by the Moon's gravity and enters lunar orbit.Credit: NASA Ames/Dana BerryNote: Animation is silent with no audio/music track included.For more information about the LADEE mission, please visit http://www.nasa.gov/LADEEFor more information about NASA Ames, please visit http://www.nasa.gov/ames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted July 24, 2013 Author #3 Share Posted July 24, 2013 NASA Ames LADEE Mission - Science Collection / Orbital Variation / Lunar AtmosphereNASA Ames' Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) is a robotic mission that will orbit the moon to gather detailed information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface and environmental influences on lunar dust. LADEE is scheduled to launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Sept. 6, 2013.This animation is contains three shots:1) A close up view of the Lunar Dust Experiment (LDEX) instrument. LDEX operates by detecting the ions generated when tiny particles of dust impact the back of the instrument at extremely high speed. The data collected will be used to calculate the mass, density, speed and electric charge of the lunar dust.2) The variations in the orbital path flown by LADEE. The high point of the LADEE's orbit will vary between 100 and 160 kilometers, while the low point will vary between 50 and 20km above the surface of the moon.3) A representation of the light from the sun scattering through the lunar atmosphere as LADEE flies past at sunset.Credit: NASA Ames/Dana BerryNote: Animation is silent with no audio/music track included.For more information about the LADEE mission, please visit http://www.nasa.gov/LADEEFor more information about NASA Ames, please visit http://www.nasa.gov/ames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted August 11, 2013 Author #4 Share Posted August 11, 2013 NASA Ames LADEE Mission: Meteorite Impact on the MoonNASA Ames' Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) is a robotic mission that will orbit the moon to gather detailed information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface and environmental influences on lunar dust. LADEE is scheduled to launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Sept. 6, 2013.In this animation, a meteorite impacts the lunar surface. Scientists believe meteorite impacts are among the major sources for the lunar exosphere and lofted dust. Telescopes with apertures from eight to 14 inches are ideal to detect and record flashes from meteoroid impacts on the lunar surface. During the LADEE Mission, NASA would like to maximize the number of observers watching for and recording lunar meteoroid impacts to correlate these events with any changes LADEE's instruments might detect in the structure and composition of the lunar atmosphere.Credit: NASA Ames/Dana BerryNote: Animation is silent with no audio/music track includedFor more information about the LADEE mission, please visit http://www.nasa.gov/LADEEFor more information about NASA Ames, please visit http://www.nasa.gov/ames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted August 11, 2013 Author #5 Share Posted August 11, 2013 NASA Ames LADEE Mission: Mission Ending NASA Ames' Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) is a robotic mission that will orbit the moon to gather detailed information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface and environmental influences on lunar dust. LADEE is scheduled to launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Sept. 6, 2013.After the science phase of the mission is complete and the spacecraft has exhausted its fuel supply, flight controllers will program a controlled descent to the lunar surface. This will allow scientists to measure the density and properties of the lunar dust until just a few feet above the lunar surface.Credit: NASA Ames/Dana BerryNote: Animation is silent with no audio/music track included.For more information about the LADEE mission, please visit http://www.nasa.gov/LADEEFor more information about NASA Ames, please visit http://www.nasa.gov/ames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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