Illumination conditions at the lunar poles: Implications for future exploration

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Investigation on in-situ water ice recovery considering energy efficiency at the lunar south pole

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The Temporal and Geographic Extent of Seasonal Cold Trapping on the Moon

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Topographic assessment and estimation of in-situ construction materials for lunar launch and landing pad construction

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Characteristics of the Shackleton-de Gerlache ridge and implications for lunar south polar geology and future sampling activities

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Solar energy on the Moon for fixed or tracked photovoltaic systems

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What could we do with a 20 meter tower on the Lunar South Pole? Applications of the Multifunctional Expandable Lunar Lite & Tall Tower (MELLTT).

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Concept of the habitable modular lunar base

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Shallow subsurface water-ice distribution in the lunar south polar region: analysis based on Mini-RF and multi-metrics

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Control Network Construction for LRO NAC Images Based on Refining Tie Points by Matching With Shaded LOLA DEM

Wang, S., Geng, X., Li, J., Li, T., Yu, J., Wang, A., Wang, J., Liu, P., Peng, Z., Ma, X., et al. (2025) · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing · doi:10.1109/jstars.2025.3616321 · Cited by 1

Natural Landing Pads on the Moon and Mars

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Lunar Regolith‐Mediated Energy Systems for Lunar Bases: In Situ Thermal Storage, Multisystem Integration, and Phased Deployment Under Extreme Conditions

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中国后续月球探测候选着陆区沙克尔顿撞击坑的光照及其风化层温度

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Synergy Between Science and Resource Exploration on the Lunar Surface

Kestay, L. P., Fergason, R. L., Edgar, L. A., & Gaddis, L. R. (2021) · AIAA Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery Conference (ASCEND) · doi:10.2514/6.2021-4234 · Cited by 1

Numerical Simulation of Illumination and Thermal Conditions at the Lunar Poles Using LOLA DTMs

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A NEW REALIZATION OF THE GLOBAL LUNAR REFERENCE FRAME BASED ON CO-REGISTERED LOLA TRACKS

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Bootstrapping a Scalable Power Infrastructure for Lunar Mining

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Optical Imaging Chain Modelling for the Permanent Shadowed Regions at Lunar South PolesPreprint

Li, M., Yan, J., Li, R., Xu, Z., Li, Q., Feng, H., Mao, H., Qiu, Y., & Chen, Y. (2024) · doi:10.36227/techrxiv.171440803.33354537/v1

AI-Driven Dim-Light Adaptive Camera (DimCam) for Lunar Robots

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Destination Moon : How “Luna” Dust affects Photovoltaics Modules ?

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New Presentation Series: Lunar Engineering 101

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Development of Lunar South Pole Transportation Pathing Model for Moving Isru Product From Point To Point

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Analysis of Lunar Surface Stray Light for Moon-Based Multispectral Camera

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Design and Performance Evaluation of a Scalable Rectenna for Microwave Wireless Charging of Modular Lunar Robots

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Impact of Digital Elevation Model Resolution on Illumination and Thermal Stability Modeling in the Lunar South Polar Region

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Design optimization of a megawatt scale lunar VSAT solar array farm

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Illumination conditions at the lunar south pole using high resolution Digital Terrain Models from LOLA

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Illumination conditions of the lunar polar regions using LOLA topography

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Persistently illuminated regions at the lunar poles: Ideal sites for future exploration

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High-resolution Illumination Maps around the Lunar South Pole

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Lunar polar illumination based on Chang′ E-1 laser altimeter

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