Planets and Moons ID: 10755

LAMP: Peering Into the Lunar Dark

Released on April 8, 2011

The Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) is an instrument on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission to map and study the Moon. LAMP is a spectrograph that images the ultraviolet region of the spectrum. Utilizing the faint glow of stars and other light reflected off the lunar surface, LAMP can see inside the darkest areas of the Moon to search for water ice and other valuable resources.

Credits

Chris Meaney (HTSI): Animator
Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC): Video Editor
Randy Gladstone (SwRI): Interviewee
Kurt Retherford (SwRI): Interviewee
Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC): Producer
Randy Gladstone (SwRI): Scientist
Kurt Retherford (SwRI): Scientist
Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC): Videographer

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio