The first total lunar eclipse of 2022 means no sun for solar-powered probes operated by NASA, India and China.
Since the LRO started its mission in lunar orbit in September 2009, the spacecraft has experienced 11 total, so its team knows exactly how to prepare for this eclipse's 85-minute-long period of totality, or total darkness — namely by powering down.
"When LRO goes through long eclipses, any drain on our battery is not ideal, so we turn off the instruments and wait until we can completely recharge the battery before turning the instruments back on," LRO Project Scientist Noah Petro told Space.com."We also will warm the spacecraft up so that when we are in the shadow of the Earth, we don’t cool down too much and get into a position where the spacecraft and instruments are too cold.
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