Publication: Assessing Potential Landing Sites With Favorable Illumination and Accessible, Potentially Volatile‐Rich Permanently Shadowed Regions Within Artemis Candidate Landing Regions
Assessing Potential Landing Sites With Favorable Illumination and Accessible, Potentially Volatile‐Rich Permanently Shadowed Regions Within Artemis Candidate Landing Regions
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Wueller, L., Berger, L. M., Christopher, H., Sugimoto, K., Thaker, A. D., Carton, L., Jo, W., Lee, S., Pedrelli, R., Sanchez, P., & Kring, D. A. (2026). Assessing Potential Landing Sites With Favorable Illumination and Accessible, Potentially Volatile‐Rich Permanently Shadowed Regions Within Artemis Candidate Landing Regions. JGR: Planets, 131, e2025JE009434. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025je009434
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The lunar south pole features permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) that never receive direct sunlight. These regions maintain cold temperatures that potentially trap and accumulate volatiles over geologic timescales. Within NASA's Artemis candidate landing regions, we identified 130 candidate landing sites (CLSs) that satisfy the Human Landing System's requirements and provide access to PSRs located within 2 km, the current radial limit for astronauts without a rover. We modeled illumination conditions for these sites during the midsum
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- Wueller, Lukas
- Berger, Lauren M.
- Christopher, Hephzibah
- Sugimoto, Kanori
- Thaker, Ashka D.
- Carton, Louis
- Jo, William
- Lee, Seungil
- Pedrelli, Riccardo
- Sanchez, Pedro
- Kring, David A.
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Wueller, L., Berger, L. M., Christopher, H., Sugimoto, K., Thaker, A. D., Carton, L., Jo, W., Lee, S., Pedrelli, R., Sanchez, P., & Kring, D. A. (2026). Assessing Potential Landing Sites With Favorable Illumination and Accessible, Potentially Volatile‐Rich Permanently Shadowed Regions Within Artemis Candidate Landing Regions. JGR: Planets, 131, e2025JE009434. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025je009434
