{"id":1506823,"date":"2022-06-07T15:34:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T19:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1506823"},"modified":"2022-06-07T15:34:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T19:34:30","slug":"nasa-plots-priority-mission-to-explore-moons-mysterious-domes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nasa-plots-priority-mission-to-explore-moons-mysterious-domes\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Plots \u2018Priority\u2019 Mission To Explore Moon\u2019s Mysterious Domes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnasa-plots-priority-mission-to-explore-moons-mysterious-domes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1506823&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nasa\">NASA<\/a> is sending a rover on a \u201cpriority\u201d mission: Explore the Moon\u2019s mysterious volcano-like\u00a0Gruithuisen Domes.<\/p>\n<p>The project, dubbed the Lunar Vulkan Imaging and Spectroscopy Explorer, is part of a \u201cPriority Artemis Science\u201d mission slated for 2025 or 2026. It is aimed at revealing the secrets of a geological anomaly that has puzzled scientists for decades. On Earth, features similar to the Gruithuisen Domes are formed by silica-rich magma, but the Moon lacks the ingredients geologists believe are necessary to create them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got a lunar mystery on our hands!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/moon.nasa.gov\/resources\/482\/a-lunar-mystery-the-gruithuisen-domes\/\">NASA\u2019s Caroline Capone wrote<\/a>. \u201cThe Gruithuisen Domes are a geologic enigma. Based on early telescopic and spacecraft observations, these domes have long been suspected to be formed by a magma rich in silica, similar in composition to granite. [\u2026] The real mystery is how such silicic magmas could form on the Moon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NASA has selected two new scientific instrument suites that will explore the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf0b Lunar-VISE will study a volcanic region, the Gruithuisen Domes<br \/>\ud83c\udf5e LEIA will study the effects of the Moon\u2019s low gravity and radiation environment on yeast <\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/buaYatJVpN\">https:\/\/t.co\/buaYatJVpN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA Moon (@NASAMoon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAMoon\/status\/1532720508185325568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The domes consist of two mounds, designated Mons Gruithuisen Gamma and Mons Gruithuisen Delta, and are located north of the Moon\u2019s Gruithuisen crater. The domes don\u2019t match the surrounding terrain, which is covered by hardened basaltic lava flows. Basaltic lavas, according to NASA, are runny and thin, while silicic flows are thick. The space agency compared the difference between the two to motor oil vs. peanut butter.<\/p>\n<p>The Gruithuisen Domes were formed by eruptions of thick silicic lavas, which bunched up instead of flowing outward. But that is a mystery, because on Earth, silicic volcanoes only form in the presence of two ingredients\u2014water and plate tectonics. Since neither exists on the Moon, scientists are baffled as to how the Gruithuisen Domes formed.<\/p>\n<p>The Lunar-VISE investigation will use five instruments, two mounted on a stationary lander and three built onto\u00a0a mobile rover to be provided by a commercial enterprise. Over 10 days, the Lunar-VISE will examine\u00a0the summit of one of the domes collecting data to help scientists figure out how they were created.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to truly understand these puzzling features, we need to visit the domes, explore them from the ground, and analyze rock samples,\u201d Capone explained. \u201cLuckily, NASA is planning to do just that! Hopefully, in just a couple of years we will better understand this lunar mystery!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scientists behind the $35 million Lunar-VISE are Kerri Donaldson Hanna and Adrienne Dove of the University of Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s potentially a treasure trove of knowledge waiting to be discovered, which will not only help us inform future robotic and human exploration of the moon, but may also help us better understand the history of our own planet as well as other planets in the solar system,\u201d Donaldson Hanna said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA is sending a rover on a \u201cpriority\u201d mission: Explore the Moon\u2019s mysterious volcano-like\u00a0Gruithuisen Domes. The project, dubbed the Lunar Vulkan Imaging and Spectroscopy Explorer, is part of a \u201cPriority Artemis Science\u201d mission slated for 2025 or 2026. 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