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A more reduced mantle beneath the lunar South Pole–Aitken basin [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe 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 +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 SensingThe 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
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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 ...
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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 +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.
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Lunar South Pole Mission (LSPM) :
, 2003 This report is a summary of the group design project of the MSc in Astronautics and Space Engineering at Cranfield University for the year 1996/97. The project was a feasibility study of a European unmanned mission to the lunar south pole to carry out scientific study.
Hobbs, Stephen
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A South Pole–Aitken impact origin of the lunar compositional asymmetry
Science Advances, 2022 The formation of the largest and most ancient lunar impact basin, South Pole–Aitken (SPA), was a defining event in the Moon’s evolution. Using numerical simulations, we show that widespread mantle heating from the SPA impact can catalyze the formation of the long-lived nearside-farside lunar asymmetry in incompatible elements and surface volcanic ...
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The Control of the Lunar South Pole [PDF]
, 2023 After the Apollo missions to the moon in 1969 and the 1970ies, the space research shifted to other goals. But since the 1990ies, the lunar research was restarted and intensified. Initially, the focus was on the development of science and technology for future moon missions.
Saalbach, Klaus
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Remote SensingWater 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 +3 more
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Geo-spatial Information ScienceHigh-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 +6 more
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