Astrobotic has unveiled a lunar testing ground to help prepare for a range of coming moon missions ... most realistic test field of this scale, modeled directly from a lunar surface map, anywhere ...

The Lunar Thermal Mapper, or LTM, will map and measure the lunar surface temperature. The High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper, or HVM3, will look at the moon's surface for a ...

Scientists are set to launch a spacecraft this week to map water on the Moon, which could help future efforts to colonise its surface. The Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft, which will launch from Nasa’s ...

to produce the most detailed maps of water on the moon's surface to date. (Further details on how the instruments work below) Lunar Trailblazer was selected by NASA's Small Innovative Missions for ...