NASA moon instrument to return for subsurface volatile survey

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2025

NASA will once again send its Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSOLO) instrument to the Moon, this time aboard a commercial rover under a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Magna Petra Corp. The collaboration aims to study gases trapped beneath the lunar surface, with a focus on rare isotopes such as Helium-3. Following its successful performance during th