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The Neutral Mass Spectrometer on the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer MissionThe Neutral Mass Spectrometer (NMS) of the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Mission is designed to measure the composition and variability of the tenuous lunar atmosphere. The NMS complements two other instruments on the LADEE spacecraft designed to secure spectroscopic measurements of lunar composition and in situ measurement of lunar dust over the course of a 100-day mission in order to sample multiple lunation periods. The NMS utilizes a dual ion source designed to measure both surface reactive and inert species and a quadrupole analyzer. The NMS is expected to secure time resolved measurements of helium and argon and determine abundance or upper limits for many other species either sputtered or thermally evolved from the lunar surface.
Document ID
20160005797
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Mahaffy, Paul R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Hodges, R. Richard
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Benna, Mehdi
(Maryland Univ. Baltimore County Baltimore, MD, United States)
King, Todd
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Arvey, Robert
(Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. Lanham, MD, United States)
Barciniak, Michael
(Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. Lanham, MD, United States)
Bendt, Mirl
(Adnet Systems, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Carigan, Daniel
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Errigo, Therese
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Harpold, Daniel N.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Holmes, Vincent
(Beacon Systems, Inc. Washington, DC, United States)
Johnson, Christopher S.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Kellogg, James
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Kimvilakani, Patrick
(Beacon Systems, Inc. Washington, DC, United States)
Lefavor, Matthew
(Microtel LLC Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Hengemihle, Jerome
(Microtel LLC Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Jaeger, Ferzan
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Lyness, Eric
(Microtel LLC Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Maurer, John
(SGT, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Nguyen, Daniel
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Nolan, Thomas
(SGT, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Noreiga, Felix
(Adnet Systems, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Noreiga, Marvin
(Adnet Systems, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Patel, Kiran
(Global Science and Technology, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Prats, Benito
(SGT, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Quinones, Omar
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Raaen, Eric
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Tan, Florence
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Weidner, Edwin
(General Dynamics C4 Systems Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Woronowicz, Michael
(SGT, Inc. Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Gundersen, Cynthia
(AMU Engineering Inc. Miami, FL, United States)
Battel, Steven
(Battel Engineering Scottsdale, AZ, United States)
Block, Bruce P.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
Arnett, Ken
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
Miller, Ryan
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
Date Acquired
May 4, 2016
Publication Date
April 24, 2014
Publication Information
Publication: Space Science Review
Publisher: Springer
Volume: 185
Issue: 1
e-ISSN: 1572-9672
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN22401
GSFC-E-DAA-TN32658
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG12CR29C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG12PL17C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG12PX01C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG11VM00C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG06EO90A
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG10CR25C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG11HP16A
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Moon
mass spectrometry
lunar volatiles

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