From within the Mare Crisium impact basin, the SwRI-led Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder (LMS) is making the first geophysical measurements representative of the bulk of the Moon. Most of the Apollo ...

SwRI led the development of LMS, which includes five subsystems that, together with connecting cables, weigh about 14 pounds and consume about 11 watts of power. LMS has landed and been deployed in ...

"The successful SCALPSS operation is a key step in gathering fundamental knowledge about landing and operating on the moon, ...