In addition, for close-up, high-resolution imaging of select lunar ... rays extends up to 930 miles (1,500 km) across the lunar surface. The well-known trio of craters Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus ...

Planetary geologists like me are interested in data from Lunar Trailblazer ... simultaneously for a high-resolution view of the Earth's or moon's surface. SIMPLEx missions can use these SmallSats.

It has drawn up a short list of places to touch down, using high-resolution models of the lunar surface. Now, there is a new tool that could help determine which is best. Researchers have ...

This will measure the surface temperature and the ... on the Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft -- the Lunar Thermal Mapper (LTM) and High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper (HVM3) will ...

Raman spectroscopy uses scattered light to identify a substance's chemical ingredients and is one of the most widely used ...

That is especially undesirable if the surface they're landing ... Roméo Tonasso et al, A lunar reconnaissance drone for cooperative exploration and high-resolution mapping of extreme locations ...

The Lunar Thermal Mapper, or LTM, will map and measure the lunar surface temperature. The High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper, or HVM3, will look at the moon's surface for a ...

The Moon's surface is pockmarked with more ... and currently available lunar radar data either are not of high enough resolution to study smaller pits or do not cover the maria regions where ...

Planetary geologists like me are interested in data from Lunar Trailblazer ... simultaneously for a high-resolution view of the Earth's or moon's surface. SIMPLEx missions can use these SmallSats.