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A more reduced mantle beneath the lunar South Pole–Aitken basin [PDF]

Nature Communications
The oxygen fugacity (fO2) of the lunar mantle is of pivotal significance in comprehending the formation and evolution of the Moon. However, the fO2 of the lunar farside mantle remains unknown due to the lack of samples returned from the farside. Here, we
Huijuan Zhang, Wei Yang, Di Zhang, Jialong Hao, Xiaoying Liu, Honggang Zhu, Ross N. Mitchell, Lihui Jia, Yunhong Fan, Shitou Wu, Lixin Gu, Xu Tang, Heng-Ci Tian, Junling Pei, Yangting Lin, Xian-Hua Li, Fu-Yuan Wu   +16 more
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Computation of Irradiance Distribution Near the Lunar South Pole and Data Validation

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
The lunar south pole has emerged as a focal point in deep space research in recent years and irradiance computation in this region, which elucidates spatial and temporal irradiance distribution, is vital for future exploration. The irradiance of both the
Menghao Li, Jiapu Yan, Zhihai Xu, Qi Li, Haoyang Mao, Yueting Chen   +5 more
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Lunar Flashlight: Illuminating the Lunar South Pole [PDF]

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, 2020
Water ice and other volatile compounds may be present on the Moon's surface within permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) near the lunar poles. Understanding the composition, quantity, distribution, and form of water and other volatiles associated with lunar PSRs is identified as a Strategic Knowledge Gap (SKG) for NASA's human exploration program ...
Benjamin Greenhagen, Paul Hayne, David A Paige   +2 more
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Selection of Lunar South Pole Landing Site Based on Constructing and Analyzing Fuzzy Cognitive Maps

Remote Sensing, 2022
The Permanently Shadowed Regions (PSRs) of the lunar south pole have never been directly sampled. To explore and discover lunar resources, the Chinese lunar south pole exploration mission is scheduled to land in direct sunlight near the PSR, where ...
Yutong Jia, Lei Liu, Xingchen Wang, Ningbo Guo, Gang Wan   +4 more
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Sverdrup-Henson crater: A candidate location for the first lunar South Pole settlement. [PDF]

iScience, 2023
Robotic and manned exploration of the Moon is the next target in Solar System exploration. The availability of in situ resources such as water ice, iron oxides, helium-3, and rare earth elements, combined with permanently sunlit areas, provides the opportunity for the first settlement, either human or robotic, on the Moon.
Leone G, Ahrens C, Korteniemi J, Gasparri D, Kereszturi A, Martynov A, Schmidt GW, Calabrese G, Joutsenvaara J.   +8 more
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Shadow-constrained shape-from-shading for pixel-wise 3D surface reconstruction at the lunar south pole

Geo-spatial Information Science
High-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) of the lunar surface are crucial for lunar exploration missions and scientific research. The emergence of advanced technologies, such as Shape-from-Shading (SfS), has enabled the generation of pixel-wise ...
Ranye Jia, Bo Wu, Wai Chung Liu, Yue Peng, Sergey Krasilnikov, Liyan Sheng, Song Peng   +6 more
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Slope Stability Analysis and Soil Mechanical Properties of Impact Craters around the Lunar South Pole

Remote Sensing
Water ice has been found in the permanently shadowed regions of impact craters around the lunar South Pole, which makes them ideal areas for in situ exploration missions.
Yantong Huang, Jiang Zhang, Bo Li, Shengbo Chen   +3 more
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Magnetic signatures and origins of ferromagnetic minerals in Chang’e-6 lunar farside soils [PDF]

Nature Communications
Ferromagnetic minerals in lunar materials record key information regarding the Moon’s ancient dynamo, impact events, and space weathering. However, interpreting the magnetic signals is complicated by their diverse origins and properties. Here, we present
Jinhua Li, Lin Xing, Zheng Gong, Jiawei Liu, Yan Liu, Weiwei Wu, Kelei Zhu, Yuqin Wang, Xu Tang, Lixin Gu, Yi Chen, Qiuli Li, Zhaoyang Cao, Shuangchi Liu, Shuhui Cai, Yongxin Pan   +15 more
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A Physical and Spectroscopic Survey of the Lunar South Pole with the Galileo Telescope of the Asiago Astrophysical Observatory

Aerospace
In recent years, interest in the Moon has grown exponentially, thanks mainly to space programs with strong international cooperation, such as the NASA Artemis program.
Nicolò Trabacchin, Paolo Ochner, Giacomo Colombatti   +2 more
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VOILA on the LUVMI-X Rover: Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for the Detection of Volatiles at the Lunar South Pole [PDF]

Sensors, 2022
Susanne Schröder, Peter Weßels, Jörg Neumann   +2 more
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