NASA GSFC and The Open University (UK) are collaborating to deploy an Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer on the Moon to investigate the lunar water cycle. The ITMS is flight-proven throughthe Rosetta Philae comet lander mission. It is also being developed under ESA funding to analyse samples drilled from beneath the lunar surface on the Roscosmos Luna-27 lander (2025).Now, GSFC and OU will now develop a compact ITMS instrument to study the near-surface lunar exosphere on board a CLPS Astrobotic lander at Lacus Mortis in 2021.
Ion Trap Mass Spectrometers for Identity, Abundance and Behavior of Volatiles on the Moon
Lunar Exploration and Analysis Group Meeting ; 2019 ; Washington, DC, United States
2019-10-29
Conference paper
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English
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