NASA Picks 3 Lunar Instruments for Artemis Base as It Targets Ice, Quakes and Caves
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Updated · Noticias Ambientales · Oct 5
NASA Picks 3 Lunar Instruments for Artemis Base as It Targets Ice, Quakes and Caves
3 articles · Updated · Noticias Ambientales · Oct 5
Summary
Three NASA-selected instruments will fly to the Moon under Commercial Lunar Payload Services to map buried ice, monitor seismic and environmental hazards, and probe subsurface cavities before crewed Artemis missions.
LEMS-SP will track micrometeoroids, volatiles and moonquakes near the south pole, giving NASA risk data to protect astronauts and equipment at a future lunar base.
GIMLI will investigate the Marius Hills region for lava tubes that could serve as natural shelters, while DISCO will measure hidden ice that NASA could turn into operational resources.
The selections, made through NASA's PRISM process, are meant to give future crews the survival data needed to support a sustained human presence on the Moon under Artemis.