Many studies exist on magmatic volatiles (H, C, N, F, S, Cl) in and on the Moon, within the
last several years, that have cast into question the post-Apollo view of lunar formation, the …

The Mg-suite represents an enigmatic episode of lunar highlands magmatism that
presumably represents the first stage of crustal building following primordial differentiation …

The lunar polar regions contain permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) or local topographic
depressions that never receive direct sunlight. These environments (< 110 K) have the …

The NASA Discovery Moon Mineralogy Mapper imaging spectrometer was selected to
pursue a wide range of science objectives requiring measurement of composition at fine …

Von Kármán crater (diameter=~ 186 km), lying in the northwestern South Pole‐Aitken (SPA)
basin, was formed in the pre‐Nectarian. The Von Kármán crater floor was subsequently …

Iron-bearing minerals are a major component of planetary surfaces, and many can be
identified by their characteristic absorption bands in the near-infrared (NIR). Here we …

Abstract Using Moon Mineralogy Mapper data, we characterize surface diversity across the
enormous South Pole‐Aitken Basin (SPA) by evaluating the abundance and composition of …

Chandrayaan-3 is an upcoming lunar mission of India aimed at soft landing and carrying out
first-ever in situ investigations at a high-latitude location on the Moon. Chandrayaan-3 …

The Rümker region (41–45° N, 49–69° W) is located in northern Oceanus Procellarum of the
Moon. Mons Rümker is the most distinctive geological feature in the area. The region is …

High‐resolution compositional data from Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) for the
Moscoviense region on the lunar farside reveal three unusual, but distinctive, rock types …