Welcome and Desired Outcome for Workshop

Landed Missions for Lunar Science Workshop Report

Factors and Processes for Choosing CLPS Landing Sites

Panel Discussion on Landing Site Campaigns and Strategy

NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer: Mapping Key Targets for Lunar Water, Geology, and Exploration [#8011] Lunar Trailblazer targets key locations for water ice science and collects the highest resolution compositional data to date for landing site recon, ISRU assessment and lunar lithology. We present opportunities for community input to the target list.

Surface Missions to Understand our Moon: Science and Exploration Combined [#8021] Global datasets show our lunar sample collection is not representative. This presents a multitude of opportunities for landed missions to address lunar science and exploration, which could achieved with static landers, mobility, and sample return.

LRO: Future Prospects for Data Acquisition to Support Landed Missions

Where is the Moon? Getting Accurate Coordinates from Lunar Data

LOOKING AHEAD TO FUTURE SURFACE DELIVERIES

Digging into the Freezer: Exploring the Floor of Amundsen Crater — An Accessible Permanently Shadowed Region and Cold Areas Where Volatile Organic Compounds May Be Preserved for Astrobiologic Study [#8016] The south pole is a unique environment with areas of permanent shadow, extended illumination, and regions of extreme cold. Such cold environments enable an assessment of organic compounds that are stable at the surface, accessible by a lander/rover.

Mare Imbrium: A Window into the PKT Mantle [#8007] We propose to send a CLPS mission to Mare Imbrium and make heat flow and magnetotelluric measurements to further understand the thermal evolution of the Moon.

Sampling Fragments of the Lunar Interior: Pyroclastics as a Key to Lunar Evolution

Exploring the Neotectonics of the Moon: The Young, Rocky, Dorsa Aldrovandi Wrinkle Ridge Northwest of Taurus

CLPS Landing Site at a Young Thrust Fault Scarp Cluster [#8027] With the detection of a global population of young thrust fault scarps, the investigation of these potentially active faults is a major priority. We propose a CLPS landing site to investigate a cluster of these scarps and their associated seismicity.

Ina: Recent Lunar Volcanism? [#8012] Crater distributions suggest that volcanic landform, Ina, formed <100 Mya. This contradicts the results of thermal evolution models which suggest that lunar volcanism ended >1 Gya. In situ geochronology or sample return could resolve this conflict.

Ina – Old or Young [#8034] Ina is an enigmatic landform thought to have formed as a result of basaltic volcanic processes. One hypothesis proposes that Ina formed <100 my ago, and another >3.0 by ago. We will test these competing hypotheses to determine the age of Ina.

Understanding the Impact Process by Exploring a Newly Formed Impact Crater [#8031] We propose exploring a newly formed impact crater to better understand and provide insight into a fundamental geologic process that shapes terrestrial planets.

The Case for a Geologically Neutral Site at Temperate Latitude [#8030] A neutral representative site is essential to investigate the globally significant processes of space weathering and hydration. A critical element is a well characterized control sample that represents the majority of the lunar surface.

Revisiting the Surveyor VII Lander: Understanding the Effects of Extended Exposure to the Lunar Environment and Determining the Age of Tycho [#8023] The Artemis III Science Definition Team report highlights the importance of understanding the effects of the deep space and lunar thermal environments on human-emplaced materials. Here we discuss the value of a mission to Surveyor VII.

MOBILITY AND ROBOTIC ARM ENABLING DELIVERIES

LIGHTNING TALKS

The Lunar Farside is a Science and Exploration Imperitive [#8009] The lunar farside is an unprecedented opportunity for science and exploration. It is the only nearby radio-quiet environment, opening a new wavelength window at low radio frequencies and an unexplored epoch of the early Universe — the Dark Ages

Mapping of Localized Magnetic Anomalies Using Nanophase Iron [#8037] An in situ study of the nanophase iron, in the location of four major magnetic anomalies.

Mons Malapert: A Site in Support of Exploration of the Lunar South Pole and Earth Observations [#8015] Here we advocate for a dedicated communications and geophysical station on the summit of Mons Malapert to support future human and robotic exploration of regions near the lunar south pole.

Malapert Mountain is Strong Candidate Site for CLPS Moon Missions, with Optimal Observation, Communication and Power Conditions [#8010] Location and elevation of plateau on Malapert Mountain is prime choice for CLPS missions due to combination of factors including science, observation, communication, solar power and proximity to likely areas of Moon base build out.

Where to Obtain Samples of a Key Unsampled Lunar Rock Type: Mg-Spinel Anorthosite [#8018]

Ancient Lunar Mantle Ejecta Preserved on the Lunar Farside [#8022] Thorium-bearing materials associated with the South Pole Aitken Basin on the lunar farside are likely ancient mantle ejecta, and present the best available opportunity to retrieve materials from the currently-unsampled lunar mantle.

A CLPS Science and Exploration Campaign at the Aristarchus Plateau [#8020] We propose a series of CLPS missions to investigate a variety of volcanic features and endogenous volatiles at the Aristarchus Plateau.

Sites Within the South Pole-Aitken Basin for Future Landed Missions: A Case for One (or More) Missions to the Interior of the Basin [#8028]

Mt. Kocher, Far Side, Moon: A Landing Site with Access to both H2O-Rich PSRs and the Inner South Pole Aitken Basin, and a Candidate Site for Artemis Base Camp [#8032]

Lunar South Polar CLPS Landing Sites for Science and Candidate Artemis Base Camp Location Scouting [#8035] CLPS-delivered missions to the lunar south polar region can explore high priority science targets while also ground-truthing candidate Artemis Base Camp (ABC) sites.

CLPS DELIVERIES FOR ARTEMIS SUPPORT Discussion

COMMUNITY DISCUSSION