#LUNAR ROVER FULL#

#LUNAR ROVER FULL#

The Moon’s lack of an atmosphere means that it is exposed to the full impact of the Sun’s radiation, resulting in extreme temperatures. The primary landing site was chosen along with multiple contingencies, which may be used depending on variables that occur during transit careful consideration of the target site criteria including safety for landing and traversing, continuous sun-illumination duration, and communication visibility from the Earth,” says Al Marzooqi. “ has been specially chosen to maintain flexibility during operations.

The Rover was scheduled to settle in the Moon’s Atlas crater located at 47.5°N, 44.4☎, on the southeastern outer edge of Mare Frigoris (“The Sea of Cold”). The Rover would also have utilized different materials on its wheels to evaluate their durability regarding exposure to lunar particles, to help in the development of future space suits and technologies. Courtesy of SpaceXĪs part of its mission, the Rashid Rover would also have investigated various aspects of the Moon’s surface, including its thermal properties, geology, and the lunar photoelectron sheath phenomenon which results from the continuous impact of solar wind and cosmic rays. The Hakuto-R lander developed by the Japanese company ispace was enclosed inside the nose cone of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher at Cape Canaveral.

Lunar rover