{"id":5728,"date":"2024-09-16T20:14:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/?page_id=5728"},"modified":"2025-11-04T16:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:37:15","slug":"instruments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/instruments\/","title":{"rendered":"Instruments"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<section id=\"instrumentsIntro\" class=\"ucf-section ucf-section-lunarvise-instruments-intro pt-0 pb-0\" style=\"\" data-section-link-title=\"Instruments\" aria-label=\"Instruments\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid mb-0 bg-inverse\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background: url('https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/09\/Empty-Space-and-Stars-BG-notBlue.jpg') no-repeat fixed top left;background-size:cover;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"font-size:1.25rem\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"heading-underline h2\">Instruments<\/h1>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"justify-content: space-evenly; align-items: center\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/10\/FF_Lander_Instruments-2-1-scaled.png\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/10\/HB_Rover_Instruments-2-1-scaled.png\" style=\"width:100%\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"figure-caption\" style=\"margin-top: 10px\">Notional Firefly Aerospace lander and Honeybee Robotics rover design.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n\t\t<section id=\"lander\" class=\"ucf-section ucf-section-lunarvise-lander-instruments auto-section pt-0 pb-0\" style=\"\" data-section-link-title=\"Lander\" aria-label=\"Lander\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid mb-0 bg-inverse\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background: url('https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/09\/Empty-Space-and-Stars-BG-notBlue.jpg') no-repeat fixed top left;background-size:cover;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"text-align: justify; font-size:1.25rem\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h3 class=\"heading-underline\">Lander Payload<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"justify-content: space-around\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-8\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<p>The Lunar-VISE lander suite has two cameras that will capture the descent to the Moon&#8217;s surface and image the area surrounding the landing site, including where the rover will traverse. Designed after the BAE Systems GeoSpace camera, both the Descent Camera (LV-DC) and Context Camera (LV-CC) have the ability to take images at a rate of up to five frames per second. The Descent Camera will be mounted on the lander and pointed at the lunar surface during landing, while the Context Camera will be placed on the top of the lander to make use of its capability to capture 270\u00b0 panoramic scans of the landing site.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-4\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/09\/GSC.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3275 noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid wp-image-3278\" style=\"width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/09\/GSC.jpg\" alt=\"GeoSpace camera similar to LV-DC and LV-CC\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figure-caption\">GeoSpace camera; LV-DC &amp; LV-CC heritage. Image Credit: BAE Systems<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"justify-content:space-around; text-align: start; width=100%\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"transparent\" style=\"margin-top: 15px\">\n<p><figure  class=\"figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/10\/LV-DC_EMITesting.png\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Image Credit: BAE Systems<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-block\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4 class=\"card-title text-primary\">Lunar-VISE Descent Camera (LV-DC)<\/h4>\n<p><i>Key Measurements<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"text-justify\">Geology of the greater area surrounding the landing site<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-justify\">Regolith scoured from the surface and lofted during landing<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-justify\">Time for regolith to settle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"transparent\" style=\"margin-top: 15px\">\n<p><figure  class=\"figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/10\/LV-CC_In_EMI.png\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Image Credit: BAE Systems<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-block\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4 class=\"card-title text-primary\">Lunar-VISE Context Camera (LV-CC)<\/h4>\n<p><i>Key Measurements<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"text-justify\">Geology of the landing site throughout the lunar day<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-justify\">Rover as it is traversing and conducting science investigation<\/li>\n<li class=\"text-justify\">Regolith as it is disturbed by the rover traverse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n\t\t<section id=\"vims\" class=\"ucf-section ucf-section-lunarvise-rover-vims auto-section pt-0 pb-0\" style=\"\" data-section-link-title=\"Rover: LV-VIMS\" aria-label=\"Rover: LV-VIMS\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid mb-0 bg-inverse\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background: url('https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/09\/Empty-Space-and-Stars-BG-notBlue.jpg') no-repeat fixed top left;background-size:cover;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"text-align: justify; font-size:1.25rem\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h3 class=\"heading-underline\">Rover Payload<\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"card-title text-primary\">Lunar-VISE Visible\/Infrared Multiband Suite (LV-VIMS)<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"justify-content: space-between; align-items:start; margin-bottom:15px\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-8\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\nThe LV-VIMS instrument suite, built by BAE Systems, has two multispectral cameras that are capable of imaging at visible (light reflected off the surface of the Moon) and thermal infrared (heat emitted from the surface of the Moon) wavelengths. Both cameras are mounted on a platform that rotates 180\u00b0, providing a panoramic view of the area of interest. Fine-scale details of the rocks and regolith can be detected at a spatial resolution of &lt; 1 cm for both cameras.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-4\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/10\/turntable1-e1729181532438.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3275 noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid wp-image-3278\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/10\/turntable1-e1729181532438.jpg\" alt=\"LV-VIMS Turntable\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figure-caption\">LV-VIMS Turntable. Image Credit: BAE Systems<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"text-align: start;justify-content: space-around\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"transparent\" style=\"margin-top: 15px\">\n<p><figure  class=\"figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/10\/VIC_FPA_with_filter2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Image Credit: BAE Systems<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-block\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4 class=\"card-title text-primary\">Lunar-VISE VNIR Imaging Camera (LV-VIC)<\/h4>\n<p class=\"card-text\"><b>Visible to near-infrared (VNIR) Spectral Imaging<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Key Measurements<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Composition of rocks and regolith making up the dome, particularly the abundance of Fe-bearing rocks and minerals<\/li>\n<li style=\"height: 99px\">Rock and regolith texture and morphology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Orbital Mission Comparisons<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clementine Ultraviolet\/Visible (UVVIS) camera<\/li>\n<li>Kaguya (SELENE) Multiband Imager (MI)<\/li>\n<li>Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Wide Angle Camera (LROC WAC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"transparent\" style=\"margin-top: 15px\">\n<p><figure  class=\"figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/11\/CIRiS_Sensor.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Image Credit: BAE Systems<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-block\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"padding-left:25px; padding-right:25px; padding-top:0px\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4 class=\"card-title text-primary\">Lunar-VISE Compact Infrared Imaging System (LV-CIRiS)<\/h4>\n<p class=\"card-text\"><b>Thermal Infrared Imaging Radiometer<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Key Measurements<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Composition of rocks and regolith making up the dome, particularly the silica (SiO<sub>2<\/sub>) abundance<\/li>\n<li>Physical properties of the rocks and regolith including their thermal inertia and porosity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Orbital Mission Comparisons<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment<\/li>\n<li>Lunar Compact Infrared Imaging System (L-CIRiS on CP-22 as part of Intuitive Machines&#8217; IM-4 mission)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n\t\t<section id=\"grns\" class=\"ucf-section ucf-section-lunarvise-rover-grns auto-section pt-0 pb-0\" style=\"\" data-section-link-title=\"Rover: LV-GRNS\" aria-label=\"Rover: LV-GRNS\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid mb-0 bg-inverse\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background: url('https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/09\/Empty-Space-and-Stars-BG-notBlue.jpg') no-repeat fixed top left;background-size:cover;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"text-align: justify; font-size:1.25rem\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4 class=\"text-primary\">Lunar-VISE Gamma Ray and Neutron Spectrometer (LV-GRNS)<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-between\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"margin-top: 20px\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 30px\">The LV-GRNS, built by Arizona State University and Radiation Monitoring Devices (RMD), has two sensor heads: the larger Gamma-Ray Sensor (GRS) and the smaller Neutron Sensor (NS). This novel two-detector system replaces the typical three minimum detector systems that are required to measure the same gamma-ray spectrum and two neutron energy ranges. The GRS is designed to maximize sensitivity to gamma rays while the NS primarily detects neutrons.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<figure id=\"attachment_3319\"  class=\"figure float-right\"><a style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/10\/GRNS_Enclosure.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3275 noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:100%\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid line-height-0 wp-image-3319 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/10\/GRNS_Enclosure.png\" alt=\"Model of LV-GRNS sensors\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Completed flight hardware: GRNS enclosure. Image Credit: BAE Systems<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-between\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"margin-top: 20px\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"transparent\" style=\"margin-top: 0px\">\n<p><a class=\"text-grey\" style=\"text-decoration: none;font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/11\/GRNS_Mounted_cr-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3275 noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:100%\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/11\/GRNS_Mounted_cr_padded_cited.jpg-e1732651942327.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-block\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"padding-left:25px; padding-right:25px; padding-top:20px\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"card-text\"><i>Key Measurements<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Composition of rocks and regolith making up the dome, particularly thorium (Th), major elements, and<br \/>\nH2O\/OH abundance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Orbital Mission Comparisons<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lunar Prospector<\/li>\n<li>Kaguya Gamma Ray Spectrometer (KGRS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;justify-content: center;align-items: center;margin: 10px;margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 20px\">\n<p>Gamma rays and neutrons are emitted from the lunar surface when radioactive isotopes (atoms with excess energy in its nucleus) decay and galactic cosmic rays hit the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>Measuring the energy of these emissions can tell scientists about the surface\u2019s elemental abundances.<\/p>\n<p>The LV-GRNS measurements will provide key evidence and distinctions between different hypotheses for how silicic volcanism occurred on the Moon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullscreen.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5728","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5728"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7756,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5728\/revisions\/7756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/lunarvise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}