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 ...

Thousands of small thrust faults have now been discovered across the moon, thanks to high-resolution imagery from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The fact they remain on the surface ...

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 ...

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.