MoonRise is a New Frontiers mission concept to land in the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, collect samples, and return the samples to Earth for detailed mineral, chemical, petrologic, geochronologic, and physical properties analyses to address science questions relevant to the early evolution of the Solar System and the Moon. Science associated with this mission concept is described elsewhere; here we discuss selection of sites within SPA to address science objectives using recent scientific studies (orbital spectroscopy, gravity, topography), and the use of new data (LRO) to certify safe landing sites for a robotic sample return mission such as MoonRise.


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    Title :

    Selecting and Certifying a Landing Site for Moonrise in South Pole-Aitken Basin


    Contributors:
    Jolliff, B. (author) / Watkins, R. (author) / Petro, N. (author) / Moriarty, D. (author) / Lawrence, S. (author) / Head, J. (author) / Pieters, C. (author) / Hagerty, J. (author) / Fergason, R. (author) / Hare, T. (author)

    Conference:

    Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ; 2017 ; The Woodlands, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2017-03-20


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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