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Scientists Detect Water Ice in Moon Simulation

LRU1 maps the surface visually and in 3D. For this purpose, it captures the surface with a multispectral stereo panorama camera, which is easily recognizable on its wide arrow back arrow forward Image Zoom
LRU1 maps the surface visually and in 3D. For this purpose, it captures the surface with a multispectral stereo panorama camera, which is easily recognizable on its wide "head." Such cameras see far more than "just" colors. They measure image data in wavelength ranges that go far beyond what the human eye can perceive. On the Moon, this allows information about the mineralogical composition of the surface to be recorded, mapped, and quantified. Researchers have tested measuring tools and robots in the LUNA Hall that can detect water ice on the Moon. (Image: LRU1 erfasst die Oberfläche in der LUNA-Halle mit seinen Spezial-Kameras / DLR / CC BY 3.0)
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