Author/Authors :
J.-L. Josset، نويسنده , , S. Beauvivre، نويسنده , , P. Cerroni، نويسنده , , M.C. De Sanctis، نويسنده , , P. Pinet، نويسنده , , S. Chevrel، نويسنده , , Y. Langevin، نويسنده , , M.A. Barucci، نويسنده , , P. Plancke، نويسنده , , D. Koschny، نويسنده , , M. Almeida، نويسنده , , Z. Sodnik، نويسنده , , S. Mancuso، نويسنده , , B.A. Hofmann، نويسنده , , K. Muinonen، نويسنده , , V. Shevchenko، نويسنده , , Yu. Shkuratov، نويسنده , , P. Ehrenfreund، نويسنده , , B.H. Foing، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The Advanced Moon micro-Imager Experiment (AMIE), on-board SMART-1, the first European mission to the Moon, is an imaging system with scientific, technical and public outreach objectives. The science objectives are to image the lunar South Pole, permanent shadow areas (ice deposit), eternal light (crater rims), ancient lunar non-mare volcanism, local spectrophotometry and physical state of the lunar surface, and to map high latitudes regions (south) mainly at far side (South Pole Aitken basin). The technical objectives are to perform a Laserlink experiment (detection of laser beam emitted by ESA/Tenerife ground station), flight demonstration of new technologies and on-board autonomy navigation. The public outreach and educational objectives are to promote planetary exploration and space. We present here the first results obtained during the cruise phase.
Keywords :
Moon , SMART-1 , Camera , Exploration
