Raman characterization of lunar highlands simulants for in-situ resource utilization in a lunar setting

EZ Tucker, MN Abedin, RA Wincheski, D Rickman - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
Lunar regolith simulants from the NU-LHT series were characterized using different
configurations for performing Raman spectroscopy measurements, including with different …

Descriptive models for lunar High-Ti deposits

AC Diaz, L Keszthelyi - Acta Astronautica, 2025 - Elsevier
High-Ti deposits on the Moon may emerge as a key resource for oxygen extraction.
Descriptive models are the first qualitative step toward quantitative assessments of natural …

Speckle Noise Reduction via Linewidth Broadening for Planetary Laser Reflectance Spectrometers

DR Cremons, GB Clarke, X Sun - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
The low obliquity of the Moon leads to challenging solar illumination conditions at the poles,
especially for passive reflectance measurements aimed at determining the presence and …

Standoff ultra-compact micro-Raman (SUCR) sensor for lunar surface exploration

M Nurul Abedin, LW Beegle, JE Edmunson… - Optics …, 2025 - opg.optica.org
The Raman characterization results of lunar relevant simulants, including liquid water, ice,
and organics using NASA Langley developed standoff ultra-compact micro-Raman (SUCR) …

Micro-Raman and FTIR spectroscopic characterization of the first Turkish lunar regolith simulant

O Unsalan, Y Cengiz Toklu… - Astrophysics and Space …, 2024 - Springer
In this work, Infrared and Raman spectroscopic investigations on a new Turkish lunar
regolith simulant (TBG-1), Chinese (own product), and Japanese simulants are presented …

Raman spectroscopy of the ilmenite–geikielite solid solution

LB Breitenfeld, MD Dyar, L Tokle… - American …, 2024 - degruyter.com
Abstract Ilmenite (Fe2+ TiO3) and geikielite (MgTiO3) are important terrestrial minerals
relevant to the geology of the Earth, the Moon, Mars, and meteorite samples. Raman …

A Raman spectroscopy–compositional–structural investigation of lunar surface materials and analogues

E Cloutis, N Turenne, S Sidhu, S Connell… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the Raman spectroscopy of 35 rock and mineral samples of composition
relevant to the lunar surface: pyroxenes, olivine, plagioclase feldspars and oxides. The …