{"662761":{"#nid":"662761","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"NASA\u2019s Lunar Flashlight Ready to Search for Water Ice on the Moon","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlthough it\u0026rsquo;s understood that water ice exists below the lunar regolith (broken rock and dust), scientists don\u0026rsquo;t yet know whether surface ice frost covers the floors inside cold, dark craters.\u0026nbsp;NASA\u0026nbsp;is sending\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/nasa-lunar-flashlight-mission-will-explore-moons-darkest-craters\/\u0022\u003ELunar Flashlight\u003C\/a\u003E, a small satellite (or SmallSat) no larger than a briefcase to find out.\u0026nbsp;The mission, which will use lasers to shed light on those dark craters, will launch in mid-November aboard a\u0026nbsp;SpaceX\u0026nbsp;Falcon 9 rocket. Lunar Flashlight will be operated by Georgia Tech with its data set to be studied by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/reveals.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EREVEALS\u003C\/a\u003E (Radiation Effects on Volatiles and Exploration of Asteroids and Lunar Surfaces) Lab, a collaborative effort involving students and researchers from the Colleges of Sciences and Engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/thomas-orlando\u0022\u003EThomas Orlando\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool\u0026nbsp;of Chemistry and Biochemistry,\u003C\/a\u003E and\u0026nbsp;an adjunct professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, is the principal investigator with REVEALS.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-11-01 19:19:20","changed_gmt":"2022-11-01 19:19:20","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/nasas-lunar-flashlight-ready-to-search-for-water-ice-on-the-moon\/","dateline":{"date":"2022-10-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-10-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"191570","name":"Thomas Orlando. REVEALS"},{"id":"188307","name":"Lunar Flashlight"},{"id":"191571","name":"Radiation Effects on Volatiles and Exploration of Asteroids and Lunar Surfaces"},{"id":"191572","name":"lunar ice"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}