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Earth and Space Science, Volume 13, Issue 5, May 2026.Abstract The Lunar Trailblazer mission aimed to assess the presence of water on the lunar surface using imaging spectroscopy in visible shortwave infrared (VSWIR) coupled with high‐resolution multispectral imaging in thermal midwave‐infrared (MWIR), captured simultaneously over the same target from orbit around the Moon with two different instruments ...
Kevin D. Gauld +5 more
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The Astrophysical Journal LettersThe speciation, inventory, and dynamic changes of water (OH/H _2 O) on the lunar surface remain poorly constrained. The Chang’e-6 (CE-6) mission conducted in situ spectroscopic measurements of lunar water over time intervals shorter than one lunar local ...
Siyue Chi +9 more
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ELEMENTAL AND TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING OF LAVA FLOWSTRUCTURES IN MARE SERENITATIS ON THE MOON [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2017 The detection of lunar lava flows based on local morphology highly depends on the available images. The thickness of lava flows, however, has been studied by many researchers and lunar lava flows are shown to be as thick as 200 m.
C. Wöhler +4 more
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Thermal Segregation and Reddening in Europa's Double Ridges
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 5, May 2026.Abstract Europa's double ridges often display lower albedo and redder color than their surroundings. Their unique topography may cause sublimation‐driven darkening due to illumination and self‐heating—the process of thermal segregation. We apply an advanced 3D thermophysical model, including shadowing and self‐heating through mutual exchange of ...
Kya C. Sorli +3 more
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Determination of the Dynamic Angle of Repose of Lunar Regolith Simulants
GeosciencesThe determination of the dynamic angle of repose (DAR) of lunar regolith simulants is essential for modeling material behavior during in situ resource utilization (ISRU) processes and lunar surface operations.
Mateusz Pawłowski +3 more
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First disk-resolved spectroscopy of (4) Vesta
, 2009 Vesta, the second largest Main Belt asteroid, will be the first to be explored in 2011 by NASA's Dawn mission. It is a dry, likely differentiated body with spectrum suggesting that is has been resurfaced by basaltic lava flows, not too different from the
Carry, Benoît +3 more
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Mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry of the lunar samples [PDF]
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 1971 On July 24, 1969, the first extraterrestrial samples, with the exception of meteorites, were returned to earth by Apollo 11. Since then these samples and the samples returned by Apollo 12 have been subjected to scientific investigations by hundreds of scientists from many countries.
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 5, May 2026.Abstract Several national space agencies and commercial entities are currently targeting the Moon's south polar region for human and robotic exploration. Of particular interest are materials excavated and ejected from the Moon's largest and oldest impact structure, the South Pole‐Aitken Basin (SPA), as these ancient materials are a window into the ...
D. P. Moriarty III +2 more
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The Astronomical JournalThe Chang’E-6 (CE-6) mission, launched by China on 2024 May 3, marks the first successful retrieval of samples from the farside of the Moon, specifically from the southern mare plain of the Apollo basin within the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin.
Xing Wang +8 more
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Space: Science & TechnologyThis review places emphasis on ancient lunar nonmare igneous samples alkali-suite and Mg-suite. The material on mineralogy and petrology of the Mg-suite presented here draws from “Lunar samples” by Papike et al.
Wei Du, Jing Yang
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