Water on The Moon, III. Volatiles & Activity

Water on The Moon , II . Origins & Resources

LCROSS hints of increasing volatile concentration at increasing depths, to 3 meters or more into the Moon, as indicated by amount of water seen as the event developed. [1] In comparison new epithermal neutron results indicate that within the first two meters depth of regolith resides a desiccated layer in the top 0.4 meters. LRO’s LEND (Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector) found 4% water-equival...

Lunar prospecting: Autonomous localization of volatiles on the Moon with a mobile robot

In-situ resource utilization (ISRU) is recognized as an important aspect of space exploration, in particular the development of infrastructure on the Moon. In this regard, the extraction of volatiles such as hydrogen from lunar regolith is currently targeted as a near-term goal by space agencies. The Regolith and Environment Science and Oxygen and Lunar Volatile Extraction (RESOLVE) experiment ...

Detection of adsorbed water and hydroxyl on the Moon.

Data from the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) on Cassini during its flyby of the Moon in 1999 show a broad absorption at 3 micrometers due to adsorbed water and near 2.8 micrometers attributed to hydroxyl in the sunlit surface on the Moon. The amounts of water indicated in the spectra depend on the type of mixing and the grain sizes in the rocks and soils but could be 10 to 1000...

The Origin and Evolution of Volatiles in the Earth - Moon System : a Halogen Perspective

Water on the surface of the Moon as seen by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper: Distribution, abundance, and origins

A new thermal correction model and experimentally validated relationships between absorption strength and water content have been used to construct the first global quantitative maps of lunar surface water derived from the Moon Mineralogy Mapper near-infrared reflectance data. We find that OH abundance increases as a function of latitude, approaching values of ~500 to 750 parts per million (ppm...