This device will tell the presence of water on the moon, know what will change...
Water on Moon: For the NASA Artemis mission, scientists have developed a special instrument that will give information about the presence and quantity of water on the Moon.
In the last few years, many countries are preparing to go to the Moon. This seems likely to spark a new kind of space competition. The provisions of the Artemis Accord of the American Space Agency NASA are also showing signs of this. While NASA is preparing to build its base camp on the Moon, along with China, Russia will also build a research station there. The most important issue on the Moon will be the search for water, why now preparations are being made to stay here for a long time. In such a situation, a special instrument has been prepared for NASA, which will study the presence of water in the Moon's atmosphere and understand the water cycle there.
Team is Working
A team of scientists is working on knowing the presence and behavior of water on the Moon. This team has discovered an instrument that can detect the presence of water molecules in the atmosphere, so that it can be known where and how much water is present on this natural satellite of Earth.
For Artemis Mission
The team from the Open University and RAL Space has designed an exospheric mass spectrometer (EMS) which they call the 'Heart of Lunar Sensor'. This instrument will study the abundance of water and ice on the Moon for future missions. This instrument is part of the PITMS instrument that will be given to NASA to send to the Moon this year.
What will this Tool do?
The instrument will reach the Moon as part of the Artemis mission, which will see the first female and a male astronaut to step there decades later. The Open University statement said that this instrument will detect the position of water and other molecules even in the very thin atmosphere of the Moon. The tool will also test some of the detection techniques that will be used in future Open University missions.
Identification
According to the European Space Agency, this instrument allows researchers to identify and quantify common atoms and molecules by chemical analysis. When molecules on the Moon engage in sensors, they collide with electrons to form ions that are stored in an electric field. These ions are released into the detector, which reveals their chemical composition as well as their quantity.
How they will study it?
This instrument will continuously study the water molecules in the Moon's atmosphere throughout the day. So that the water cycle of the moon can be understood. It will be part of the Moon's Lunar Lander and will land in the Velas Mortis area there through NASA's Astrobiotic Campaign this year.
The Previous Sensor
The team had previously designed a sensor that could detect volatiles in the Moon. The Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (ITMS) is the part of the instrument that detects volatile matter on both the Moon's atmosphere and surface.
There is a big reason for spending so much on the moon. The Moon is like a laboratory in space exploration, but there are high expectations from the mining of many very rarely found metals. Missions to the Moon will determine the direction of future long-distance space exploration missions.