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View article: Discovery of a Lunar Cold Spot at Apollo 16's South Ray Crater
Discovery of a Lunar Cold Spot at Apollo 16's South Ray Crater Open
Lunar cold spots are extensive, ray‐like regions of reduced nighttime temperature surrounding young impact craters. Using improved Diviner temperature maps, we identify a faint cold spot surrounding South Ray crater at the Apollo 16 landin…
View article: Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars
Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars Open
The Perseverance rover has explored and sampled igneous and sedimentary rocks within Jezero Crater to characterize early Martian geological processes and habitability and search for potential biosignatures1-7. Upon entering Neretva Vallis,…
View article: THE DETECTION OF A POTENTIAL BIOSIGNATURE BY THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER ON MARS
THE DETECTION OF A POTENTIAL BIOSIGNATURE BY THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER ON MARS Open
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View article: Thermophysical Diversity of Young Lunar Crater Ejecta Revealed with LRO Diviner Observations
Thermophysical Diversity of Young Lunar Crater Ejecta Revealed with LRO Diviner Observations Open
Young (1 m in diameter, (2) “clastic” ejecta with varying levels of vertical density stratification, and (3) “impact melts” with high thermal inertia materials buried under a layer of less dense material. These thermophysically derived cla…
View article: Analysis of Orbital Sounding in Context With In‐Situ Ground Penetrating Radar at Jezero Crater, Mars
Analysis of Orbital Sounding in Context With In‐Situ Ground Penetrating Radar at Jezero Crater, Mars Open
The RIMFAX ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) on Mars2020 Perseverance Rover is the first GPR operated on the Martian surface since February 2021, searching for stratigraphy beneath the Jezero crater. During its operations, GPR detected severa…
View article: Bidirectional reflectance distribution function measurements of characterized Apollo regolith samples using the visible oxford space environment goniometer
Bidirectional reflectance distribution function measurements of characterized Apollo regolith samples using the visible oxford space environment goniometer Open
A laboratory study was performed using the Visible Oxford Space Environment Goniometer in which the broadband (350–1250 nm) bidirectional reflectance distribution functions (BRDFs) of two representative Apollo regolith samples were measure…
View article: The Faustini Permanently Shadowed Region on the Moon
The Faustini Permanently Shadowed Region on the Moon Open
Faustini crater (41 km diameter) hosts a large (664 km 2 ) permanently shadowed region (PSR) with a high potential to harbor water-ice deposits. One of the 13 candidate Artemis III landing areas contains a portion of the crater rim and pro…
View article: The GRB221009A gamma-ray burst as revealed by the gamma-ray spectrometer onboard the KPLO (Danuri)
The GRB221009A gamma-ray burst as revealed by the gamma-ray spectrometer onboard the KPLO (Danuri) Open
The strongest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of the century, GRB20221009A, has been detected by the Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter Gamma-ray Spectrometer (KGRS) instrument onboard the Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO). KGRS uses a LaBr3 detec…
View article: Observations of Igneous Subsurface Stratigraphy during the Jezero Crater Floor Rapid Traverse from the RIMFAX Ground-penetrating Radar
Observations of Igneous Subsurface Stratigraphy during the Jezero Crater Floor Rapid Traverse from the RIMFAX Ground-penetrating Radar Open
Perseverance traversed the eastern, northern, and western margins of the Séítah formation inlier on the rover’s western fan front approach. Mapping the stratigraphy and extent of the Máaz and Séítah formations is key to understanding the d…
View article: Tectonic uplift, soil production, soil depth, and rock strength at the Dragon's Back Pressure Ridge, Carrizo Plain, California
Tectonic uplift, soil production, soil depth, and rock strength at the Dragon's Back Pressure Ridge, Carrizo Plain, California Open
Tectonic uplift, soil production, soil depth, and rock strength at the Dragon's Back Pressure Ridge, Carrizo Plain, California Supporting data for “Landscape transience reveals a bottom-up control on soil production” Emily C. Geyman*, Davi…
View article: Geological Modeling of Subsurface Structures from RIMFAX Ground Penetrating Radar Observations in Jezero Crater, Mars.  
Geological Modeling of Subsurface Structures from RIMFAX Ground Penetrating Radar Observations in Jezero Crater, Mars.   Open
Introduction:  NASA's Perseverance Rover is exploring the Jezero Crater carrying the RIMFAX ground penetrating radar. RIMFAX has acquired a continuous subsurface radar image at 10 cm intervals along the rover’s > 25 km long grou…
View article: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Shenandoah Formation, Western Fan, Jezero Crater, Mars
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Shenandoah Formation, Western Fan, Jezero Crater, Mars Open
Sedimentary fans are key targets of exploration on Mars because they record the history of surface aqueous activity and habitability. The sedimentary fan extending from the Neretva Vallis breach of Jezero crater's western rim is one of the…
View article: Ground penetrating radar observations of the contact between the western delta and the crater floor of Jezero crater, Mars
Ground penetrating radar observations of the contact between the western delta and the crater floor of Jezero crater, Mars Open
The delta deposits in Jezero crater contain sedimentary records of potentially habitable conditions on Mars. NASA’s Perseverance rover is exploring the Jezero western delta with a suite of instruments that include the RIMFAX ground penetra…
View article: Tectonic uplift, soil production, soil depth, and rock strength at the Dragon's Back Pressure Ridge, Carrizo Plain, California
Tectonic uplift, soil production, soil depth, and rock strength at the Dragon's Back Pressure Ridge, Carrizo Plain, California Open
Tectonic uplift, soil production, soil depth, and rock strength at the Dragon's Back Pressure Ridge, Carrizo Plain, California Supporting data for “Landscape transience reveals a bottom-up control on soil production” Emily C. Geyman*, Davi…
View article: High‐Resolution Nighttime Temperature and Rock Abundance Mapping of the Moon Using the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment With a Model for Topographic Removal
High‐Resolution Nighttime Temperature and Rock Abundance Mapping of the Moon Using the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment With a Model for Topographic Removal Open
The Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been mapping the surface temperatures of the Moon since 5 July 2009. Diviner has since collected over 500 billion radiometric measurements with excellent…
View article: Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars
Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars Open
The Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater, Mars, to investigate ancient lake and river deposits. We report observations of the crater floor, below the crater’s sedimentary delta, finding that the floor consists of igneous rocks altere…
View article: Ground penetrating radar observations of subsurface structures in the floor of Jezero crater, Mars
Ground penetrating radar observations of subsurface structures in the floor of Jezero crater, Mars Open
The Radar Imager for Mars Subsurface Experiment instrument has conducted the first rover-mounted ground-penetrating radar survey of the Martian subsurface. A continuous radar image acquired over the Perseverance rover’s initial ~3-kilomete…
View article: Thermal and Illumination Environments of Lunar Pits and Caves: Models and Observations From the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment
Thermal and Illumination Environments of Lunar Pits and Caves: Models and Observations From the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment Open
Lunar collapse pits may provide access to subsurface lava tubes of unknown extent. We present Diviner Lunar Radiometer measurements showing that the Mare Tranquillitatis and Mare Ingenii pits exhibit elevated thermal emission during the ni…
View article: Thermophysical Properties of Lunar Irregular Mare Patches From LRO Diviner Radiometer Data
Thermophysical Properties of Lunar Irregular Mare Patches From LRO Diviner Radiometer Data Open
Irregular mare patches (IMPs) are enigmatic features in the lunar maria that are characterized as having smooth mounds surrounded by uneven or blocky terrain. The IMPs appear anomalously young compared to surrounding maria, with crater cou…
View article: Rover-mounted Hydrated Mineral Detector for Mars Exploration: A Preliminary Report
Rover-mounted Hydrated Mineral Detector for Mars Exploration: A Preliminary Report Open
The rover-mounted hydrated mineral detector (HMD) is based on a dielectric spectrometer (tuned frequency range of 0.8–4 MHz) that will detect bulk subsurface hydrated minerals in local scale. The HMD is a compact, low-mass (1.5 kg), and lo…
View article: The Effects of Terrain Properties Upon the Small Crater Population Distribution at Giordano Bruno: Implications for Lunar Chronology
The Effects of Terrain Properties Upon the Small Crater Population Distribution at Giordano Bruno: Implications for Lunar Chronology Open
The distribution of impact craters on the ejecta of Giordano Bruno, a recent (<10 Ma) 22‐km diameter crater within the lunar highlands, exhibits substantial variations. We surveyed craters D ≥ 10 m across a 1,323 km 2 area of Giordano Brun…
View article: Spatial Distribution and Thermal Diversity of Surface Volatile Cold Traps at the Lunar Poles
Spatial Distribution and Thermal Diversity of Surface Volatile Cold Traps at the Lunar Poles Open
The polar regions of the Moon host some of the most extreme low temperatures in the inner solar system due to its low obliquity, lack of atmosphere, and topographic relief. Some of these regions are already confirmed to host water ice. Pro…
View article: Temperatures of the Lacus Mortis Region of the Moon
Temperatures of the Lacus Mortis Region of the Moon Open
Over 11 years of data acquired by the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment instrument aboard Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have been compiled into a comprehensive data set of surface temperatures in the Lacus Mortis region which includes the…
View article: Diviner Normalized Rock Abundance Data
Diviner Normalized Rock Abundance Data Open
This dataset pertains to the article Venkatraman, J. and Paige, D. A. "Statistical estimates of rock-free lunar regolith thickness from Diviner", submitted to AGU (JGR), 2020. It includes the coordinates, diameters, and rock abundance valu…
View article: The Scientific Value of a Sustained Exploration Program at the Aristarchus Plateau
The Scientific Value of a Sustained Exploration Program at the Aristarchus Plateau Open
The Aristarchus plateau hosts a diversity of volcanic features, including the largest pyroclastic deposit on the Moon, the largest sinuous rille on the Moon, and intrusive and extrusive examples of evolved, Th-rich silicic lithologies. We …
View article: Framework for Coordinated Efforts in the Exploration of Volatiles in the South Polar Region of the Moon
Framework for Coordinated Efforts in the Exploration of Volatiles in the South Polar Region of the Moon Open
The exploration of the lunar south polar region and the ground truthing of polar volatiles is one of the top priorities for several space agencies and private partners. Here we use Moon Mineralogy Mapper surficial water ice detections to i…
View article: Database of water ice-bearing permanently shaded regions in the lunar south polar region
Database of water ice-bearing permanently shaded regions in the lunar south polar region Open
Database of water ice-bearing permanently shaded regions in the lunar south polar region, as described in Lemelin et al. (2021) Framework for Coordinated Efforts in the Exploration of Volatiles in the South Polar Region of the Moon, Planet…
View article: Database of water ice-bearing permanently shaded regions in the lunar south polar region
Database of water ice-bearing permanently shaded regions in the lunar south polar region Open
Database of water ice-bearing permanently shaded regions in the lunar south polar region, as described in Lemelin et al. (2021) Framework for Coordinated Efforts in the Exploration of Volatiles in the South Polar Region of the Moon, Planet…
View article: Armada: A Flagship Multi-Mission Architecture
Armada: A Flagship Multi-Mission Architecture Open
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View article: Unlocking the Climate Record Stored within Mars’ Polar Layered Deposits
Unlocking the Climate Record Stored within Mars’ Polar Layered Deposits Open
In the icy beds of its polar layered deposits (PLD), Mars likely possesses a record of its recent climate history, analogous to terrestrial ice sheets that contain records of Earth's past climate. Both northern and southern PLDs store info…