NASA's Lunar Trailblazer Is Officially Lost in Space -- but Maybe Not Forever

NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer mission is in jeopardy.

It launched on Feb. 27 to send a probe to the moon in search of water.

However, performing these actions requires power, and things can get dicey when the power goes out.

That’s pretty much what happened with the Lunar Trailblazer.

NASA reports thattelemetry from the Lunar Trailblazer showed that it had begun a slow spin.

However, the longer the satellite remains unreachable, the more difficult it will be to complete the objective.

Sometimes, connection losses are expected.

In short, connection issues are an annoying but not infrequent issue with space objects.