ARTA – An X-ray imaging device will be sent to the Moon as part of the Artemis campaign initiated by NASA. After landing on the Moon, the tool will capture a global image of Earth’s magnetic field.
ina is named LEXI, short for Instruments Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager. The Xi is one of 10 instruments that will be launched to the Moon by the commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.
The mission is expected to launch no later than mid-January with Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander. While on the Moon, the XI will monitor Earth’s magnetic field to determine how the planet responds to space weather conditions.
“We’re trying to get an overview of Earth’s space environment,” said Brian Walsh, a space physicist who is LEXI’s principal investigator, as quoted on NASA’s official website on Saturday.
Brian adds that knowledge about Earth is still very limited, especially that related to physics. With the launch of LEXI, Brian hopes that this load can provide unprecedented interesting knowledge.
rique: “A lot of physics may be esoteric or difficult to understand without special training for years, but it will be science that you can see,” Brian said.
LEXI will not work immediately after landing on the Moon. This instrument will wait for the lunar dust to disappear, then its system turns on and warms up. After that, LEXI will focus on Earth.
will retrieve X-ray images from the edge of the magnetosphere for six days. Additionally, the LEXI will capture magnetic reconnaissance, which is when the field lines of the magnetosphere unite with the solar wind field and release energetic particles.
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