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The payload consists of five small, autonomous robots, each weighing less than 60 grams and measuring 12 centimeters in diameter, which are designed to be catapulted onto the lunar surface. Once the robots are on the surface, they locate each other and collaborate in a swarm to accomplish their
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are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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to the Moon. However following a propellent issue with the lander, the mission was aborted and the lander along with Colmena
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project is a science and engineering experiment to design and deploy tiny autonomous robots to explore the surface of the
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Launches are separated by dots ( ‱ ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).
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Missions are ordered by launch date. Sign indicates failure en route or before intended mission data returned.
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by the LINX Space Instrumentation Laboratory, at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences of the UNAM
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Science project to use swarming robots to explore the Moon's surface
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It was launched on 8 January 2024 on the maiden flight of the
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science mission (thus the project name, which is Spanish for
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scientific instrument designed to explore the surface of the
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National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies
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"El sueño espacial mexicano viaja en cinco robots de camino a la Luna (in English: Mexican space dream travels on five robots on their way to the Moon)"
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