{"id":188219,"date":"2023-02-22T12:51:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T17:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=188219"},"modified":"2024-01-05T17:14:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T22:14:42","slug":"engineer-tests-msolo-instrument-for-viper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/artemis\/clps\/engineer-tests-msolo-instrument-for-viper\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineer Tests MSolo Instrument for VIPER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Electronics Engineer and Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) team member Nate Cain conducts electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing inside the EMI Laboratory at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 14, 2022.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Nate Cain, an electronics engineer at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, prepares to conduct electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing for the Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) instrument inside the EMI Laboratory on Feb. 14, 2022.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Kim Shiflett\u00a0<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nate Cain, an electronics engineer at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, prepares to conduct electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing for the Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) instrument inside the EMI Laboratory on Feb. 14, 2022. The engineering development unit being tested matches the instrument that will be on NASA\u2019s water-hunting lunar robot, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/viper\/rover\">Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover<\/a>, or VIPER. The EMI testing takes several days and will verify that MSolo can control the electromagnetic emissions it will produce during its mission and meets EMI susceptibility requirements as part of its preparation to operate in the lunar environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/clps\">Commercial Lunar Payload Services<\/a> initiative, MSolo is an instrument on four deliveries, including VIPER. On the Moon, it will help analyze the chemical makeup of landing sites with later missions studying water on the lunar surface. Launching on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, VIPER will land at its destination \u2013 Nobile Crater at the Moon\u2019s South Pole \u2013 aboard Astrobotic\u2019s Griffin lander. During VIPER\u2019s 100-day mission, MSolo will work with other instruments and a drill to better understand resources on the Moon, which will support human exploration as part of NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/specials\/artemis\/\">Artemis<\/a> missions. With Artemis, NASA will send astronauts, including the first woman and next man, on a mission to the surface of the Moon. 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The engineering development unit being tested matches the instrument that will be on NASA\u2019s water-hunting lunar robot, the Volatiles Investigating [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":101447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[10574],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[10556],"coauthors":[12652],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Engineer Tests MSolo Instrument for VIPER","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/artemis\/clps\/engineer-tests-msolo-instrument-for-viper\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/artemis\/clps\/engineer-tests-msolo-instrument-for-viper\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg"},"articleSection":"Missions","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Johnson Space Center Office of Communications"}],"creator":["Johnson Space Center Office of Communications"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["Missions","Artemis","Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)"],"dateCreated":"2023-02-22T17:51:41Z","datePublished":"2023-02-22T17:51:41Z","dateModified":"2024-01-05T22:14:42Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Engineer Tests MSolo Instrument for VIPER\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/artemis\/clps\/engineer-tests-msolo-instrument-for-viper\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2023-02-22T17:51:41Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Missions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"Missions,Artemis,Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"Johnson Space Center Office of Communications\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":2,"time_ago":"1 year","featured_image":{"id":101447,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ksc-20220214-ph-kls01_0039.jpg","title":"AFS-8\/101","alt":"Electronics Engineer and Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) team member Nate Cain conducts electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing inside the EMI Laboratory at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 14, 2022.","caption":"Electronics Engineer and Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) team member Nate Cain conducts electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing inside the EMI Laboratory at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 14, 2022. These tests will verify that MSolo can control the emissions it will produce during its missions and meets EMI susceptibility requirements as part of its preparation to operate in the lunar environment. The third MSolo to go through EMI testing, this is an engineering development unit representative of the flight unit manifested to fly to the Moon\u2019s South Pole as a payload on the agency\u2019s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) in 2023. Researchers and engineers are preparing MSolo instruments to launch on four robotic missions as part of NASA\u2019s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) \u2013 the first of which is slated for later this year. MSolo will help analyze the chemical makeup of landing sites on the Moon, with the later missions also studying water on the lunar surface."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188219"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":588917,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188219\/revisions\/588917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188219"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=188219"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=188219"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=188219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}