Lunar orbit

Summary of the results from the lunar orbiter laser altimeter after seven years in lunar orbit

David E. Smith, M. T. Zuber, G. A. Neumann, E. Mazarico, F. G. Lemoine, J. W. Head, P. G. Lucey, O. Aharonson, M. S. Robinson, Xiaoli Sun, M. H. Torrence, M. K. Barker, Juergen Oberst, T. Duxbury, O. S. Barnouin, K. Jha, D. D. Rowlands, Sander Goossens, D. M. H. Baker, Sven Bauer, Philipp Gläser, M. Lemelin, M. A. Rosenburg, Michael M. Sori, J. L. Whitten, T. P. McClanahan

Citations: 173 • 2016

A lunar L2-Farside exploration and science mission concept with the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and a teleoperated lander/rover

Jack O. Burns, D. A. Kring, Joshua Hopkins, Scott D. Norris, T. Joseph W. Lazio, J. C. Kasper

Citations: 76 • 2012

Constraining the Evolutionary History of the Moon and the Inner Solar System: A Case for New Returned Lunar Samples

Romain Tartèse, M. Anand, J. Gattacceca, K. H. Joy, James Mortimer, J. F. Pernet‐Fisher, S. S. Russell, J. F. Snape, B. P. Weiss

Citations: 71 • 2019

Return to the Moon: New perspectives on lunar exploration

Yangting Lin, Wei Yang, Hui Zhang, Hejiu Hui, Sen Hu, Long Xiao, Jianzhong Liu, Zhiyong Xiao, Zongyu Yue, Jinhai Zhang, Yang Liu, J. Yang, Honglei Lin, Ai‐Cheng Zhang, Dijun Guo, Sheng Gou, Lin Xu, Yuyang He, Xianguo Zhang, Liping Qin, Zongcheng Ling, Xiongyao Li, Aimin Du, Huaiyu He, Peng Zhang, Jinbin Cao, Xian‐Hua Li

Citations: 68 • 2024

A Chang’e-4 mission concept and vision of future Chinese lunar exploration activities

Qiong Wang, Jizhong Liu

Citations: 67 • 2016

The technology of lunar regolith environment construction on Earth

Tao Zhang, Chaoyue Chao, Zhixiao Yao, Kun Xu, Wuxiang Zhang, Xilun Ding, Shuting Liu, Zen Zhao, Yinghe An, Bing Wang, Shuangfei Yu, Bin Wang, Hao Chen

Citations: 39 • 2020

The Lunar IceCube EM-1 Mission: Prospecting the Moon for Water Ice

Benjamin K. Malphrus, Kevin Brown, José Ángel García, Charles D. Conner, Jeff Kruth, Michael Combs, Nathan Fite, Sean McNeil, Sarah Wilczweski, Kennedy Haught, Aaron Zucherman, P. E. Clark, Krisjani Angkasa, Nathaniel Richard, T. A. Hurford, D. Folta, Clifford Brambora, R. J. MacDowall, Paul Mason, Sun Hur-Diaz, Joseph L. Breeden, Robert M. Nakamura, Andrés Martínez, Michael Tsay

Citations: 33 • 2019

In Situ Measurements of Lunar Dust at the Chang'E‐3 Landing Site in the Northern Mare Imbrium

Detian Li, Yi Wang, He Zhang, Jianhong Zhuang, Xiaojun Wang, Yongjun Wang, Yang Shengsheng, Zezhou Sun, Xianrong Wang, Liping Chen, Rijian Yao, Xin Zou, Jinan Ma, Xilai Wang, Cunhui Li, Haiyan Zhang, Xiongyao Li, Xin Gao, Xinyu Cui, Biao Zhang, Wenfeng Li, Hongyu Lin

Citations: 29 • 2019

LUNAR CARTOGRAPHY: PROGRESS IN THE 2000S AND PROSPECTS FOR THE 2010S

R. L. Kirk, B. A. Archinal, L. R. Gaddis, M. R. Rosiek

Citations: 24 • 2012

Lunar analogue facilities development at EAC: the LUNA project

Andrea Casini, Petra Mittler, Aidan Cowley, Lukas Schlüter, Marthe Faber, Beate Fischer, Melanie von der Wiesche, Matthias Maurer

Citations: 22 • 2020

Modelling long-term trends in lunar exposure to the Earth's plasmasheet

Mike Hapgood

Citations: 20 • 2007

Life Support Systems for lunar missions

C. Tamponnet

Citations: 17 • 1996

Operating LADEE: Mission architecture, challenges, anomalies, and successes

Matthew D’Ortenzio, John Bresina, Alan Crocker, R. C. Elphic, Ken Galal, David R. Hunt, Brandon D. Owens, Laura Plice, Alisa M. Hawkins, Lisa Policastri

Citations: 13 • 2015

Mission and Implementation of an Affordable Lunar Return

P. D. Spudis, Anthony R. Lavoie

Citations: 12 • 2010

Lunar base development missions

William Siegfried

Citations: 11 • 1999

Lunar polar rover science operations: Lessons learned and mission architecture implications derived from the Mojave Volatiles Prospector (MVP) terrestrial field campaign

J. L. Heldmann, A. Colaprete, R. C. Elphic, D. S. S. Lim, Matthew Deans, Amanda Cook, T. L. Roush, J. R. Skok, N. E. Button, S. Karunatillake, C. Stoker, Jessica J. Márquez, M. Shirley, L. Kobayashi, David Lees, John Bresina, Rusty Hunt

Citations: 9 • 2016

Return to the moon - The Lunar Observer mission

Richard A. Cook, A. B. Sergeyevsky, Edward Belbruno, Theodore H. Sweetser

Citations: 8 • 1990

Man-Made Debris In and From Lunar Orbit

Nicholas L. Johnson, G. A. McKay

Citations: 8 • 1999

The first lunar outpost: The design reference mission and a new era in lunar science

G. E. Lofgren

Citations: 8 • 1993

Lunar CubeSat Lander to Explore Mare Tranquilitatis pit

Himangshu Kalita, Jekan Thangavelautham

Citations: 6 • 2020