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Lunar Dayside Surface Potentials in the Terrestrial Magnetotail Inferred From Comparing Observed and Modeled Photoelectrons

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 15, 16 August 2026.
Abstract As an airless body, the lunar surface is charged as a result of balancing electric currents into and away from the surface. Lunar surface charging is important for both scientific and human‐exploration purposes. The nightside surface charging has been well characterized by previous studies, but less so for the dayside.
Shaosui Xu, Andrew R. Poppe, Yuki Harada, Phillip C. Chamberlin   +3 more
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First Use of Laser Ranging to Surface Retroreflectors for Orbit Determination: LRO-LOLA at the Moon

The Planetary Science Journal
We document the first operational demonstration of two-way spacecraft-to-surface laser ranging using Laser Retroreflector Arrays (LRAs) for orbit determination (OD) of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
G. Cascioli, E. Mazarico, D. R. Cremons, M. K. Barker, D. Mao, S. Goossens, V. Viswanathan, S. Bertone, K. Jha, F. G. Lemoine, X. Sun, J. W. Head, D. E. Smith, M. T. Zuber   +13 more
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Tides of the Midland: From Groundwater Into the River

Hydrological Processes, Volume 40, Issue 8, August 2026.
Tides in a river that is NOT influenced by the ocean, is not in the coastal area and is more than 300 m above sea level are caused by groundwater tides. As the phases of the Moon change, the amplitudes of the streamwater oscillations vary synchronously with those of gravitational acceleration.
Andrei‐Emil Briciu
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Remote Sensing During the 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires

AGU Advances, Volume 7, Issue 5, August 2026.
Abstract The January 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires burned more than 50,000 acres, destroyed more than 16,000 structures, and caused 31 deaths. This Commentary examines how NASA's Disasters Program coordinated with response organizations to deliver 22 satellite and airborne products during the fires, even as the Eaton Fire forced the Jet Propulsion ...
Julie Rolla, Kimberley Miner, Clayton Elder, Eric Howard, Julia Milton, Nathan Spangler   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

High-precision Relativistic Timescales for Cislunar Navigation

The Astrophysical Journal
We present a unified post-Newtonian framework for relativistic timing and coordinate transformations across the Barycentric, Geocentric, and Lunicentric Celestial Reference Systems ( LCRS ) and six timescales: Barycentric Coordinate Time ( TCB ...
Slava G. Turyshev
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VGOS Dual Linear Polarization Data Processing Techniques Applied to Differential Observation of Satellites

Remote Sensing
The Very Long Baseline Interferometry Global Observing System (VGOS), a global network of stations equipped with small-diameter, fast-slewing antennas and broadband receivers, is primarily utilized for geodesy and astrometry.
Jiangying Gan, Fengchun Shu, Xuan He, Yidan Huang, Fengxian Tong, Yan Sun   +5 more
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Lunar Trailblazer Spacecraft Tracking and Mission Recovery Attempt: Characterization of Status and Behavior of a Non‐Cooperative Object in Cis‐Lunar Space

Earth and Space Science, Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract Unexpectedly following launch, the Lunar Trailblazer mission experienced software anomalies that led it to orient solar panels away from the sun and lose communication with Earth. This paper describes efforts to determine the spacecraft state and attempt recovery of the mission's science at the Moon.
B. L. Ehlmann, J. Bellerose, G. Lantoine, E. Furlan, E. Scire, S. Fajardo‐Acosta, L. Bennett, M. Sanchez Net, T. J. W. Lazio, M. Brozović, J. Masiero, A. V. Steckel, P. A. Burke, M. Kimura, S. Foxman, M. P. M. Zaw, L. M. Lee, F. Clarke, M. Hauge, D. McDonald, J. Adler, R. Strauss, D. Trilling, C. S. Edwards, M. C. Nolan, D. Lyster, L. Robinson, A. T. Klesh, C. C. Seybold   +28 more
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Reliability of Assessing Lunar Crustal Density Structures Using the GRAIL Gravity Model

The Planetary Science Journal
The spatial resolution of gravity data acquired by the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission is adequate to resolve relatively small-scale density structures larger than approximately tens of kilometers within the lunar crust, which ...
Qingyun Deng, Zhiyong Xiao, Fei Li
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Super‐Resolution of Planetary Images Based on Generative Adversarial Network

Journal of Geophysical Research: Machine Learning and Computation, Volume 3, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract Currently, satellite imagery serves as the primary means of observing terrestrial planets such as the Mars, the Moon, and Mercury. Enhancing the resolution and quality of these images can provide more detailed insights into planetary surfaces. However, improvements in image quality are often limited by the constraints of sensor technology and ...
Xiaoran Zhang, Yiran Wang, Miao Zhuo
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Automated Mineral Identification and Rock‐Type Classification of Lunar Mare Basalts Using SEM Images

Journal of Geophysical Research: Machine Learning and Computation, Volume 3, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract We present an automated system for identifying minerals and classifying rock types in Apollo lunar mare basalts using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imagery. Mineral segmentation is based on a U‐Net architecture, supplemented by two scale‐aware models designed to incorporate pixel size information.
Ji‐In Jung, Sonia M. Tikoo, Jaehong Chung, Claire I. O. Nichols   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source