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| | lasp.colorado.edu
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| | A first-of-its-kind camera developed in partnership between CU Boulder and Ball Aerospace will soon be landing on the moon. NASA announced today that it has selected a scientific instrument, called the Lunar Compact Infrared Imaging System (L-CIRiS), for its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. The camera will ride along with one of three robotic landers that will touch down on the lunar surface in the next several years-a key step in NASA's goal of sending people back to the moon by 2024. LASP planetary scientist Paul Hayne, who is leading the development of the instrument, said that the goal is to collect better maps of the lunar surface to understand how it formed and its geologic history. L-CIRiS will use infrared technology to map the temperatures...
| | www.thespacereview.com
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| | [AI summary] India's Chandrayaan-3 mission detected sulfur at its lunar landing site, offering insights into the origins of water ice at the Moon's poles and aiding in the search for sustainable lunar infrastructure.
| | jatan.space
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| | First lander to drill on the Moon's south pole delayed for good Jeff Foust reports that NASA will provide an additional $12.4 million to Intuitive Machines for itsupcoming second Moon landing mission (IM-2) part of the agency's CLPS program for work related to changing the landing
| | ispace-us.com
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| Denver, Colorado - ispace technologies, inc. (ispace-U.S.) announced today the opening of the Summit Mission Control Center (MCC) in its headquarters office in Denver, Colorado. The MCC serves as the ground segment hub for the command and telemetry review of spacecraft and customer payloads for ispace's Mission 3 and all future ispace-U.S. missions. The MCC invites visitors to explore ispace's history of lunar exploration before stepping into the heart of mission control, where the ispace's ongoing chapt...