LRO Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP)
ODE: Moon
Mission: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
Instrument: LAMP
Instrument Team Site: LAMP Team Web Site
PDS Imaging Node: PDS Source Information
PDS Archives: PDS Archive
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Reflected Lyman-alpha sky-glow and starlight produce sufficient signal for even a small UV instrument like the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project to see in the Moon's permanently shadowed regions (PSR).
The LAMP investigation offers to exploit this to:
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Spectrally identify the locations of any exposed water-ice deposits in the Moon's PSRs
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Directly map even the darkest PSRs
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Demonstrate the feasibility of low-light starlight/sky-glow vision applications for operational use on future landed missions.
LAMP is a low-risk, high-heritage investigation based on a rebuild of an existing instrument. LAMP offers to enhance the exploration and science value of LRO by:
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Addressing LRO-AO measurement objectives,
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Testing a novel polar/night vision system for future robotic and human landed missions
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Collecting lunar atmospheric science datasets that LRO would not otherwise obtain.
LAMP Products that use the PDS4 standard:
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LAMP Products that use the PDS3 standard:
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