Category: Science Mission Directorate

NASA’s Water-Hunting Tool Will Help Scout Moon’s South Pole 

NASA’s Water-Hunting Tool Will Help Scout Moon’s South Pole 

NASA… NASA is joining international partners to hunt for ice on the Moon in support of future human exploration. The agency is providing a water-detecting instrument, the Neutron Spectrometer System (NSS), to the Lunar Polar Exploration (LUPEX) mission led by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation).