There is growing interest in the possibility that the resource base of the Solar System might
in future be used to supplement the economic resources of our own planet. As the Earth's …

In situ resource utilization (ISRU) refers to the in situ generation of consumables for
autonomous or human activities from raw materials found on the Moon or other planetary …

Abstract The Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter (LRO) has been acquiring solar reflectance and mid-infrared radiance …

We used infrared data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Diviner Lunar
Radiometer Experiment to globally map thermophysical properties of the Moon's regolith …

We utilize surface temperature measurements and ultraviolet albedo spectra from the Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter to test the hypothesis that exposed water frost exists within the …

Several remote observations have indicated that water ice may be presented in permanently
shadowed craters of the Moon. The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite …

Water ice is thought to be trapped in large permanently shadowed regions in the Moon's
polar regions, due to their extremely low temperatures. Here, we show that many unmapped …

We find that the reflectance of the lunar surface within 5° of latitude of the South Pole
increases rapidly with decreasing temperature, near∼ 110 K, behavior consistent with the …

Monitoring of vibrational eigenmodes of an elastic body excited by gravitational waves was
one of the first concepts proposed for the detection of gravitational waves. At laboratory …

Hydrogen has been inferred to occur in enhanced concentrations within permanently
shadowed regions and, hence, the coldest areas of the lunar poles. The Lunar Crater …