Cryogeomorphic characterization of shadowed regions in the Artemis exploration zone

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Bickel, Valentin Tertius, Moseley, B., Hauber, Ernst, Shirley, M., Williams, J.-P., Kring, David A. (David Allen)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU 2022
• Subjects: Moon > Exploration; Volatiles; Moon > Maps; Kring; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11753/1836; https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099530

In the next couple of years a large number of robotic missions and payloads will be delivered to the Moon, ultimately culminating in crewed missions. Those missions aim at characterizing lunar polar volatiles, which are concentrated in regions of permanent shadow. However, the small-scale surface pr...