{"id":1930,"date":"2018-07-06T15:53:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T19:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/class\/?page_id=1930"},"modified":"2024-10-03T14:44:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T18:44:32","slug":"simulant_lunarmare","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/simulant_lunarmare\/","title":{"rendered":"LMS-1 Lunar Mare Simulant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Exolith Simulant: LMS-1 Lunar Mare Simulant<\/h2>\n

Mineralogy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Component<\/th>\nWt.%<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Pyroxene<\/td>\n32.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glass-rich basalt<\/td>\n32.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anorthosite<\/td>\n19.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Olivine<\/td>\n11.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ilmenite<\/td>\n4.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Simulant Name:<\/strong> LMS-1 Lunar Mare Simulant
\nCurrent Status:<\/strong> Available
\nDeveloped By:<\/strong> University of Central Florida
\nPublications: <\/strong>Long-Fox, J., Landsman, Z., Easter, P., Millwater, C., Britt, D., 2023. Geomechanical Properties of Lunar Regolith Simulants LHS-1 and LMS-1. <\/span>Advances in Space Research, <\/em>71 (12), 5400-5412. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.asr.2023.02.034<\/a><\/div>\n
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UCF has ceased production of the simulant. The simulant is now offered by Space Resource Technologies, a spin-off company. You can reach Space Resources Technologies at the following email address: <\/span><\/span>info@spaceresourcetech.com<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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The LMS-1 Lunar Mare Simulant has been developed by the CLASS Exolith Lab. It is a high-fidelity, mineral-based simulant appropriate for a generic or average mare location on the Moon. The simulant is not made of a single terrestrial lithology, but accurately captures the texture of lunar regolith by combining both mineral and rock fragments (i.e., polymineralic grains) in accurate proportions.<\/p>\n

The particle size distribution of the simulant is targeted to match that of typical Apollo soils.\u00a0LMS-1 does not currently simulate agglutinates or nanophase iron.<\/span><\/p>\n

Images<\/h2>\n

Photograph of LMS-1:<\/p>\n

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Image of Chang’e 3 landing site on Mare Imbrium:<\/p>\n

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SEM micrograph of LMS-1 (courtesy of NASA JSC):<\/p>\n

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