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On 9 October 2009, the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) sent a kinetic impactor to strike Cabeus crater, on a mission to search for water ice and other volatiles expected to be trapped in lunar polar soils. The... more
Launched June 18, 2009, with its primary mission scheduled to end September 2010, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will be the first observatory ever to spend an entire year orbiting and observing the Moon at a low altitude of just 50... more
NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program (LPRP), formulated in response to the President's Vision for Space Exploration, will execute a series of robotic missions that will pave the way for eventual permanent human presence on the Moon. The... more
"This paper examines the evidence of water on the Moon, starting with the Apollo missions and leading through to January of 2012 with the LRO’s latest findings. This essay details the lunar missions that made the most significant... more
LRO observations supporting the LCROSS mission for target selection, pre-impact, and post-impact will be highlighted. LRO observations helped identify potential LCROSS impactor targets during the commissioning and early baseline mission... more
With the cancellation of the Apollo program after Apollo 17 returned from the Moon in 1972, the focus of NASA switched to other areas of the Solar System. Study of the Moon did continue through analysis of the returned samples and... more
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Probing of Hermean exosphere by ultraviolet spectroscopy (PHEBUS) is a double spectrometer for the Extreme Ultraviolet range (55-155 nm) and the Far Ultraviolet range (145-315 nm) devoted to the characterization of Mercury's exosphere... more
We present the results on precision orbit determination from the radio science investigation of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. We describe the data, modeling and methods used to achieve position knowledge several times... more
1] A theoretical model for radar scattering from the lunar regolith using the vector radiative transfer theory for random media has been developed in order to aid in the interpretation of Mini-SAR data from the Chandrayaan-1 and Lunar... more
1] A theoretical model for radar scattering from the lunar regolith using the vector radiative transfer theory for random media has been developed in order to aid in the interpretation of Mini-SAR data from the Chandrayaan-1 and Lunar... more
The Miniature Radio Frequency (Mini-RF) system is manifested on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) as a technology demonstration and an extended mission science instrument. Mini-RF represents a significant step forward in spaceborne... more
A new analysis of the Doppler tracking data from the Lunar Prospector mission in 1999 revealed a number of previously-unseen gravity anomalies at spatial scales as small as 27 km over the nearside. The tracking data at low altitudes (50... more
The objective of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Laser Ranging (LR) system is to collect precise measurements of range that allow the spacecraft to achieve its requirement for precision orbit determination. The LR will make one-way... more
The scientific objectives of neutron mapping of the Moon are presented as 3 investigation tasks of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission. Two tasks focus on mapping hydrogen content over the entire Moon and on testing the presence... more
Page 1. Space Sci Rev (2010) 150: 161181 DOI 10.1007/s11214-009-9578-6 LAMP: The Lyman Alpha Mapping Project on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission G. Randall Gladstone · S. Alan Stern · Kurt D.... more
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will launch in early 2009 carrying multiple instruments for lunar study including the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center built Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA). Also part of the mission will be the... more
In the past year, a unique capability has been created by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in support of Lunar Exploration. The photonics group along with support from the Mechanical Systems Division, developed a seven fiber array... more
Remote Sensing of Lunar Surface has provided its Topographic, Geo-chemical composition, Radiation dose and Mineralogical information of Lunar Surface. The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Chandrayaan-1 and National Aeronautical... more
The Photonics Group at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in the Electrical Engineering Division of the Advanced Engineering and Technologies Directorate has been involved in the design, development, characterization, qualification,... more
1] In preparation for the radio science experiment of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, we analyzed the available radio tracking data of previous NASA lunar orbiters. Our goal was to use these historical observations in... more
The Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) is a far-ultraviolet (FUV) imaging spectrograph on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. Its main objectives are to (i) identify and localize exposed water frost in permanently shadowed... more
1] In preparation for the radio science experiment of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, we analyzed the available radio tracking data of previous NASA lunar orbiters. Our goal was to use these historical observations in... more
The photonics group in Code 562 at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center supports a variety of space flight programs at NASA including the: International Space Station (ISS), Shuttle Return to Flight Mission, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter... more
Page 1. Space Sci Rev (2010) 150: 161181 DOI 10.1007/s11214-009-9578-6 LAMP: The Lyman Alpha Mapping Project on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission G. Randall Gladstone · S. Alan Stern · Kurt D.... more
Space Sci Rev (2010) 150: 209241 DOI 10.1007/s11214-009-9512-y ... The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter Investigation on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission ... David E. Smith · Maria T. Zuber · Glenn B. Jackson · John F. Cavanaugh ·... more
The Lunar Mapping and Modeling Project (LMMP) is managing a suite of lunar mapping and modeling tools and data products that support lunar exploration activities, including the planning, de-sign, development, test, and operations... more
The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) is an instrument on the payload of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft (LRO) (Chin et al., in Space Sci. Rev. 129:391-419, 2007). The instrument is designed to measure the shape of the... more
The Miniature Radio Frequency (Mini-RF) system is manifested on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) as a technology demonstration and an extended mission science instrument. Mini-RF represents a significant step forward in spaceborne... more
1) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (2) SGT Incorporated (3) Honeywell Technology Solutions Incorporated (4) University of Texas at Austin (5) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (6) Raytheon Information Solutions... more
The objective of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Laser Ranging (LR) system is to collect precise measurements of range that allow the spacecraft to achieve its requirement for precision orbit determination. The LR will make one-way... more
In 1970, the Soviet Lunokhod 1 rover delivered a French-built laser reflector to the Moon. Although a few range measurements were made within three months of its landing, these measurements-and any that may have followed-are unpublished... more
Local surface temperatures on the Moon are rarely completely isothermal, due to the variable absorption of solar and infrared radiation by small scale surface roughness (e.g. rocks and boulders) (1). For radiometric measurements like... more
On 9 October 2009, the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) sent a kinetic impactor to strike Cabeus crater, on a mission to search for water ice and other volatiles expected to be trapped in lunar polar soils. The... more
The design of Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is presented. The one-way laser ranging system that provides precision tracking of the spacecraft position from Earth is also described.
Great progress has been made in understanding the composition and sources of variation in the radiation environment of the inner heliosphere A fundamental step in translating the primary spectrum of radiation into biological and hardware... more
The objective of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Laser Ranging (LR) system is to collect precise measurements of range that allow the spacecraft to achieve its requirement for precision orbit determination. The LR will make one-way... more
The design of the Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector (LEND) experiment is presented, which was optimized to address several of the primary measurement requirements of NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO): high spatial resolution... more
An additional version of the RAD750 TM CompactPCI ® 6U radiation hardened single board computer has been developed and delivered for use on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission developed by NASA Goddard Flight Center, scheduled... more
The Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) is a far-ultraviolet (FUV) imaging spectrograph on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. Its main objectives are to (i) identify and localize exposed water frost in permanently shadowed... more
We present the results on precision orbit determination from the radio science investigation of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. We describe the data, modeling and methods used to achieve position knowledge several times... more