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SwRI to Make Lunar Instrument

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BOULDER, Colo.. Jan. 18 -- NASA has chosen an ultraviolet mapping spectrometer called LAMP (Lyman Alpha Mapping Project) to be developed by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and flown on the upcoming Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. LAMP's primary job will be to search for and map exposed deposits of water frost near the lunar poles. It will also make maps of permanently shadowed regions deep in the moon's polar craters, which are of interest for future landing sites. In addition, LAMP will study the lunar atmosphere and demonstrate a lunar polar night-vision system with...Read full article

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    Published: January 2005
    ConsumerlampLRO missionLunar Reconnaissance OrbiterLyman Alpha Mapping ProjectNASANews & FeaturesSouthwest Research InstitutespectroscopySwRIultraviolet mapping spectrometer

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