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Scientific preparations for lunar exploration with the European Lunar Lander [PDF]

Planetary and Space Science, 2012
This paper discusses the scientific objectives for the ESA Lunar Lander Mission, which emphasise human exploration preparatory science and introduces the model scientific payload considered as part of the on-going mission studies, in advance of a formal instrument selection.
Carpenter, James D., Fisackerly, Richard, De Rosa, Diego, Houdou, Berengere   +3 more
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Scientific perspectives on lunar exploration in Europe. [PDF]

NPJ Microgravity, 2023
AbstractThe Moon is a geological history book, preserving information about the history of the Solar System, including the formation and early evolution of the terrestrial planets and their bombardment histories, as well as providing insight into other fundamental Solar System processes.
Flahaut J, van der Bogert CH, Crawford IA, Vincent-Bonnieu S.   +3 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Lunar Exploration Based on Ground-Based Radar: Current Research Progress and Future Prospects

Remote Sensing
Lunar exploration is of significant importance in the development and utilization of in situ lunar resources, water ice exploration, and astronomical science. In recent years, ground-based radar (GBR) has gained increasing attention in the field of lunar
Jiangwan Xu, Chunyu Ding, Yan Su, Zonghua Ding, Song Yang, Jiawei Li, Zehua Dong, Ravi Sharma, Xiaohang Qiu, Zhonghan Lei, Haoyu Chen, Changzhi Jiang, Wentao Chen, Qi Cheng, Zihang Liang   +14 more
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Lunar exploration: opening a window into the history and evolution of the inner Solar System [PDF]

Philosophical Transactions Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences, 2014
Ian A Crawford, Katherine H Joy
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Overview of the Flight Dynamics Subsystem for Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter Mission

Aerospace, 2021
Korea’s first lunar mission, the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), aims to launch in mid-2022 via the Space-X Falcon-9 launch vehicle. For the successful flight operation of KPLO, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has designed and ...
Young-Joo Song, Young-Rok Kim, Jonghee Bae, Jae-ik Park, Seungbum Hong, Donghun Lee, Dae-Kwan Kim   +6 more
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Laboratory construction and curation scheme for returned samples of the chang’e-5 mission

Geoscience Letters, 2022
The analysis of samples returned from a planetary body is important to understand the origin, composition, evolution, and interactions with space or atmospheric weathering of the planet. In particular, pristine rocks, which are not affected by weathering,
Hongwei Yang, Ruihong Yang, Qian Wang
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Spectral interpretation of late-stage mare basalt mineralogy unveiled by Chang’E-5 samples

Nature Communications, 2022
Laboratory spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction analyses on the Chang’E-5 lunar soil samples have demonstrated that the spectral features of lunar late-stage mare basalts are representative of iron-rich high-Ca pyroxene rather than olivine.
Dawei Liu, Xing Wang, Jianjun Liu, Bin Liu, Xin Ren, Yuan Chen, Zhaopeng Chen, Hongbo Zhang, Guangliang Zhang, Qin Zhou, Zhoubin Zhang, Qiang Fu, Chunlai Li   +12 more
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Observations and interpretations of geomorphologic features in the Tianwen-1 landing area on Mars by using orbital imagery data

Earth and Planetary Physics, 2023
China’s first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen-1, successfully landed in southern Utopia Planitia on Mars on May 15, 2021. This work presents a detailed investigation of the geologic context of the landing area surface for this mission based on orbital ...
Hai Huang, Xing Wang, Yuan Chen, Qing Zhang, FeiYue Zhao, Xin Ren, XingGuo Zeng, Wei Yan, WangLi Chen, Bin Liu, DaWei Liu, LianBo Fu, JianJun Liu   +12 more
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Dust Deposition at Zhurong Landing Site From Multispectral Camera Observations

Geophysical Research Letters, 2023
Dust deposition is one of the most predominant processes occurring on Mars. Until now, just a few in situ observations have been conducted to investigate the Martian dust.
Qing Zhang, Dawei Liu, Xin Ren, Xing Wang, Lin Guo, Zhaopeng Chen, Bin Liu, Wangli Chen, Wei Yan, Jianjun Liu   +9 more
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The Analysis of Cones within the Tianwen-1 Landing Area

Remote Sensing, 2022
On 15 May 2021, the Zhurong rover of China’s first Mars mission, Tianwen-1 (TW-1), successfully landed in southern Utopia Planitia on Mars. Various landforms were present in the landing area, and this area recorded a complex geological history. Cones are
Hai Huang, Jianjun Liu, Xing Wang, Yuan Chen, Qing Zhang, Dawei Liu, Wei Yan, Xin Ren   +7 more
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