Lunar Water Map Unveiled by Pioneering Study

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A still image of the full disk of the Moon as it appeared on February 17, 2022. The region of the SOFIA observations is shown in shades of blue and brown. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio/Ernie Wright

A new study using the now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has pieced together the first detailed, wide-area map of water distribution on the Moon. SOFIA was a joint project of NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR.

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