Volcanism and deep structures of the Moon

J Zhao, L Qiao, F Zhang, Y Yuan, Q Huang… - Space: Science & …, 2023 - spj.science.org
Volcanism is the most important endogenic geological process of the Moon, which is closely
related to its internal structure and thermal history. Lunar volcanism is one of the most …

A 2-year locomotive exploration and scientific investigation of the lunar farside by the Yutu-2 rover

L Ding, R Zhou, Y Yuan, H Yang, J Li, T Yu, C Liu… - Science Robotics, 2022 - science.org
The lunar nearside has been investigated by many uncrewed and crewed missions, but the
farside of the Moon remains poorly known. Lunar farside exploration is challenging because …

Hyperfine structure of regolith unveiled by Chang'E-5 lunar regolith penetrating radar

Y Su, R Wang, X Deng, Z Zhang, J Zhou… - … on geoscience and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents the results of the Lunar Regolith Penetrating Radar (LRPR), installed at
the bottom of the Chang'E-5 (CE-5) lander, which is the first antenna-array radar deployed …

The Dielectric Properties of Martian Regolith at the Tianwen‐1 Landing Site

L Zhang, Y Xu, R Liu, R Chen… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mars' surface is characterized by a weathered layer of regolith and exposed rock exposures
that are the results of long‐term geological processes. The Mars Rover Penetrating Radar …

The Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna: Mission Studies and Science Case

P Ajith, PA Seoane, MA Sedda, R Arcodia… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna (LGWA) is a proposed array of next-generation
inertial sensors to monitor the response of the Moon to gravitational waves (GWs). Given the …

Layered Structures in the Upper Several Hundred Meters of the Moon Along the Chang'E‐4 Rover's First 1,000‐m Traverse

J Feng, MA Siegler, Y Su, C Ding… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We revealed the layered structure of the upper three hundred meters of the lunar surface in
the South Pole‐Aitken Basin by using the measurements from the Lunar Penetrating Radar …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of shallow basaltic lava layers in Von Kármán crater from Yutu-2 Lunar Penetrating Radar

I Giannakis, J Martin-Torres, Y Su, J Feng, F Zhou… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Yutu-2–the rover from the Chang'E-4 mission–is the longest operational Lunar rover, and
the first rover to land on the far side of the Moon. It is the second planetary rover to be …

Moon-based ground-penetrating radar observation of the latest volcanic activity at the Chang'E-4 landing site

C Ding, J Li, R Hu - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Moon-based ground-penetrating radar (GPR) onboard the Chang'E-4 (CE-4) Yutu-2
rover has deployed on the Moon's far side, providing an unprecedented opportunity to study …

Rock abundance and evolution of the shallow stratum on Chang'e-4 landing site unveiled by lunar penetrating radar data

L Zhang, Y Xu, R Bugiolacchi, B Hu, C Liu, J Lai… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Yutu-2 rover, part of the Chang'e-4 (CE-4) mission to the lunar farside, has been
exploring the Von Kármán crater (VK) within the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) gathering data on …