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Missions & Exploration

NASA Langley team maps lunar mission knowledge gaps ahead of base deployment

Work led by Richard Spolzino is cataloguing unknowns as the agency prepares for long term lunar operations.

Caleb Mbeki
Planetary Science Reporter
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Richard Spolzino’s team at NASA Langley Research Center is identifying critical knowledge gaps for planned lunar and Mars base missions.[1]