Overview of the Chang'e-4 mission: Opening the frontier of scientific exploration of the lunar far side

C Li, W Zuo, W Wen, X Zeng, X Gao, Y Liu, Q Fu… - Space Science …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract China's Chang'e-4 (CE-4) mission is the first human lander/rover mission on the far
side of the Moon. Its probe is composed of a lander, rover, and the Queqiao relay satellite …

Particles and photons as drivers for particle release from the surfaces of the Moon and Mercury

P Wurz, S Fatemi, A Galli, J Halekas, Y Harada… - Space science …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Moon and Mercury are airless bodies, thus they are directly exposed to the
ambient plasma (ions and electrons), to photons mostly from the Sun from infrared range all …

The dust, atmosphere, and plasma at the Moon

WM Farrell, JS Halekas, M Horányi… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The topics of lofted dust, ejected atomic and molecular species, and plasma interactions at
the Moon have made revolutionary strides since the last 'New Views of the Moon'review in …

Low frequency waves at and upstream of collisionless shocks

LB Wilson III - Low‐frequency waves in space plasmas, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter focuses on the range of low frequency electromagnetic modes observed at and
upstream of collisionless shocks in the heliosphere. It discusses a specific class of whistler …

Extremely high reflection of solar wind protons as neutral hydrogen atoms from regolith in space

M Wieser, S Barabash, Y Futaana, M Holmström… - Planetary and Space …, 2009 - Elsevier
We report on measurements of extremely high reflection rates of solar wind particles from
regolith-covered lunar surfaces. Measurements by the Sub-keV Atom Reflecting Analyzer …

Deducing lunar regolith porosity from energetic neutral atom emission

PS Szabo, AR Poppe, H Biber, A Mutzke… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The porosity of the upper layers of regolith is key to the interaction of an airless planetary
body with precipitating radiation, but it remains difficult to characterize. One of the effects that …

First observation of a mini‐magnetosphere above a lunar magnetic anomaly using energetic neutral atoms

M Wieser, S Barabash, Y Futaana… - Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The Sub‐keV Atom Reflecting Analyzer (SARA) instrument on the Indian Chandrayaan‐1
spacecraft has produced for the first time an image of a lunar magnetic anomaly in …

New views of the lunar plasma environment

JS Halekas, Y Saito, GT Delory, WM Farrell - Planetary and Space Science, 2011 - Elsevier
A rich set of new measurements has greatly expanded our understanding of the Moon–
plasma interaction over the last sixteen years, and helped demonstrate the fundamentally …

Lunar dust: Properties and potential hazards

AV Zakharov, LM Zelenyi, SI Popel' - Solar System Research, 2020 - Springer
The surface of the Moon, like that of any airless body in the Solar System, constantly
experiences micrometeorite bombardment as well as the influence of solar radiation, solar …

Seven years of imaging the global heliosphere with IBEX

DJ McComas, EJ Zirnstein, M Bzowski… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) has now operated in space for 7 years
and returned nearly continuous observations that have led to scientific discoveries and …