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What is NASAs robotic lunar lander project?
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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) are developing a robotic lunar lander capability and establishing surface and embedded elements to better characterize the structure and composition of the lunar interior. Directed by NASA's Planetary Division, Headquarters Science Mission Directorate (SMD), the lunar lander capability being developed will pave the way for many exciting robotic scientific missions, from seismology and heat flow to the ground truth of water-ice and other volatiles and through to the return of lunar samples from regions never before explored. The lander will be capable of landing on the near side or far side of the moon, inside or on the edge of craters, and it will be designed to withstand extreme environments on the lunar surface, including through the lunar nights.
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You can read more about it here:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/robotics/index.html
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