NASA’s VIPER mission is planned for delivery to the lunar surface in late 2023 [1]. VIPER’s science objectives are to: 1) characterize the distribution and physical state of lunar polar water and other volatiles in lunar cold traps and regolith to under-stand their origin and 2) provide the data necessary for NASA to evaluate the potential return of relying upon in-situ resource utilization from the lunar polar regions [1]. The NIRVSS instrument, matured through several R&D programs to TRL 6 [2,3,4], has been chosen as part of the VIPER science payload [5].


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    Title :

    The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Near Infrared Volatile Spectrometer System (NIRVSS).


    Contributors:
    T. L. Roush (author) / A. Colaprete (author) / A. Cook (author) / R. Bielawski (author) / K. Ennico-Smith (author) / E. Noe Dobrea (author) / J.Benton (author) / J. Forgione (author) / R. Mcmurray (author) / V. Jha (author)

    Conference:

    Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 52 (LPSC). ; 2021 ; Online, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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