{"id":645823,"date":"2024-04-16T13:30:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T17:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=645823"},"modified":"2024-04-16T14:59:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T18:59:00","slug":"nasa-goddard-to-build-quake-detector-for-artemis-iii-moon-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/goddard\/nasa-goddard-to-build-quake-detector-for-artemis-iii-moon-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Goddard to Build Quake Detector for Artemis III Moon Landing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">3 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">NASA Goddard to Build Quake Detector for Artemis III Moon Landing<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will build a moonquake detector for astronauts to deploy on the Moon in 2026 during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/artemis-iii\/\">Artemis III<\/a> mission, which will return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA selected the instrument, the <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/science-research\/science-enabling-technology\/technology-highlights\/space-age-buoys-for-long-duration-monitoring-of-the-moon\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Lunar Environment Monitoring Station (LEMS)<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-selects-first-lunar-instruments-for-artemis-astronaut-deployment\/\">one of the first three potential payloads for Artemis III<\/a>. LEMS is a compact, autonomous seismometer designed to carry out continuous, long-term monitoring of ground motion from moonquakes in the region around the lunar South Pole. The data LEMS gathers will help scientists study the Moon\u2019s internal structure and could help refine our understanding of how the Moon formed.<\/p>\n\n\n<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-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lems-3.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lems-3.png?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Photo of two men in blue lab jackets working on a copper colored box with wires\" 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\/2024\/04\/lems-3.png 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lems-3.png?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lems-3.png?resize=768,577 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lems-3.png?resize=1024,769 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lems-3.png?resize=1536,1153 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lems-3.png?resize=2048,1537 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lems-3.png?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lems-3.png?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lems-3.png?resize=900,676 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lems-3.png?resize=1200,901 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lems-3.png?resize=2000,1501 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\"><strong>Richard Mills (left) and Mitchell Hamann prepare to place the LEMS Engineering Unit into a thermal vacuum chamber. During the test, the LEMS prototype was subjected to the harsh temperature and vacuum conditions that mimic the surface of the Moon to demonstrate the station can sustain itself and operate unassisted for long durations.<\/strong><\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Mehdi Benna<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Planetary scientist Mehdi Benna, of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/csst.umbc.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Space Sciences Technology<\/a> (CSST), leads the LEMS team at NASA Goddard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe LEMS project is the culmination of several years of collaboration between UMBC, University of Maryland, College Park, and NASA Goddard,\u201d Benna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benna began conceptualizing the idea behind the LEMS instrument in 2018 after realizing the need for technology that could withstand the Moon\u2019s harsh conditions to measure lunar geophysical activity for a long duration of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team began developing his idea of a small, self-sustaining station that operates almost like a buoy in the ocean \u2014 what Benna calls a \u201clunar buoy\u201d \u2014 that can survive on the surface through the lunar night and operate during the day. In 2018, Benna\u2019s team received funding from NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.grc.nasa.gov\/space\/pesto\/investment-areas\/dali\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Development and Advancement of Lunar Instrumentation<\/a> program to develop LEMS to flight readiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LEMS is intended to operate on the lunar surface from three months up to two years and could become a key station in a future global lunar geophysical network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moonquakes were first observed after Apollo astronauts placed seismometers on the lunar surface during their missions between 1969 and 1972. Moonquakes\u2019 sources include the same tug of gravity between Earth and the Moon that cause ocean tides. In addition, the Moon trembles as it expands and contracts due to temperature changes, like a house creaking when the weather heats up or cools down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Apollo seismic data was collected on the Earth-facing side of the Moon near the lunar equator. \u201cWe don\u2019t have seismic data from the lunar South Pole that can inform us on the local and global lunar subsurface structure,\u201d said Naoma McCall, LEMS co-investigator and seismologist at NASA Goddard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UMBC leads LEM\u2019s science investigation.  NASA Goddard will build and operate LEMS. The University of Arizona will supply LEMS\u2019 two state-of-the-art seismometer sensors; Morehead State University in Kentucky will provide LEMS\u2019 telecommunication system and the homebase of the mission\u2019s operation center, and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, will manage the instrument\u2019s data processing and dissemination to the larger scientific community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other candidate instruments selected alongside LEMS are the Lunar Effects on Agricultural Flora instrument, led by researchers at Space Lab Technologies in Boulder, Colorado, and the Lunar Dielectric Analyzer instrument, led by researchers at the University of Tokyo and supported by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together these instruments could collect valuable scientific data about the lunar environment, the lunar interior and how to sustain a long-duration human presence on the Moon, helping prepare NASA to send astronauts to Mars. Final manifesting decisions for Artemis III will be made at a later date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By Adriana Fraser, <br>University of Maryland, Baltimore County<br>Edited by <a href=\"mailto:ani.c.gran@nasa.gov\">Rani Gran<\/a>,<br>NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-2 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-14\">Share<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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