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Lunar Flashlight Launched to the Moon Aboard Falcon 9 Rocket

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Tom Patton
Dec 13, 2022
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NASA’s Lunar Flashlight has communicated with mission controllers and confirmed it is healthy after launching Sunday, Dec. 11, at 2:38 a.m. EST (Saturday, Dec. 10, at 11:38 p.m. PST) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

“It was a beautiful launch.”

John Baker, the Lunar Flashlight project manager.

About 53 minutes after launch, the small sat…

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