MoonLITE

Space & Cosmos

NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services to Study the Stars from the Moon with MoonLITE

Diagram showing the MoonLITE setup on the lunar surface. The mission will begin with the lander being delivered by NASA’s Commercial Lunar Landing Services (1), followed by deployment of over 100 meters (328 ft) of fiber umbilical cable (2), and the siderostat station (3). Once instrument calibration is complete, science operations will begin. Credit: van Belle et al. (2024) Optical…