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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
It is currently completing additional software testing designed to simulate different elements of the trip, or mission.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is leading the mission, in cooperation with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena,
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
California. Lockheed Martin Space provided the spacecraft, linked it with the flight system, and supports operations as part of a contract with Caltech.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
The spacecraft will use two science instruments to carry out its mission.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
Both instruments are designed to map the moon in search of areas containing water, as well as what forms the water is in.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
The two instruments use infrared technology to produce highly detailed mapped images.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
Lunar Trailblazer weighs about 200 kilograms and measures 3.5 meters with its solar equipment fully deployed.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
The spacecraft is set to orbit the moon about 100 kilometers from the lunar surface.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
Several past studies have provided strong evidence that water exists on the moon.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
But the evidence has not included exact details on where it is and what forms it might take. Scientists believe most of the water is solid, in the form of ice.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
But there could be areas where water exists in liquid form, or as a gas in the atmosphere.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
One study released last month suggested that existing water on the moon is more widespread than previously thought.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
That study was based on new examinations of data collected by India’s Chandrayaan-1 orbiting spacecraft.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
NASA has said its search for water on the moon is important because it is seen as a necessary resource for future exploration activities.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
Astronauts could process it for drinking water, to cool equipment, to create breathable oxygen or even to make rocket fuel.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
NASA said Lunar Trailblazer will make it easier for future human or robotic science investigators to use the water to see where it first came from.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
For example, the presence of ammonia in ice could suggest it came from comets NASA said.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
The presence of sulfur, on the other hand, could show it rose to the surface from deep inside the lunar interior when the moon was young and volcanically active.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
One of the instruments, the High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper, was developed by the JPL.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
The other, called the Lunar Thermal Mapper, was built by a team at the University of Oxford in Britain.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
Neil Bowles is an instrument scientist for the Lunar Thermal Mapper.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
He said in a statement the instrument would center on producing detailed maps of lunar surface temperatures.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
He added that the other instrument will look for a series of signs, called signatures, of water molecules.
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
“Both instruments will allow us to understand how surface temperature affects water, improving our knowledge of the presence and distribution of these molecules on
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NASA to Launch Instruments to Study Water on Moon
the moon,” Bowles said. The orbiter is designed to provide scientists with new information about how much movement there is of water molecules on the moon.
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