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Environmental Analysis of the Bounded Lunar Exosphere (ENABLE)

NASA TechPort describes ENABLE as a completed lunar-instrumentation project that developed a quadrupole mass spectrometer prototype for characterizing volatiles on and above the lunar surface. The instrument combines commercial mass-spectrometry hardware with Southwest Research Institute space-electronics heritage, and is intended to measure volatile composition across lunar-vacuum conditions for exploration, in-situ resource use, contamination monitoring, and planetary science.

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Environmental Analysis of the Bounded Lunar Exosphere (ENABLE)
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Description
NASA TechPort describes ENABLE as a completed lunar-instrumentation project that developed a quadrupole mass spectrometer prototype for characterizing volatiles on and above the lunar surface. The instrument combines commercial mass-spectrometry hardware with Southwest Research Institute space-electronics heritage, and is intended to measure volatile composition across lunar-vacuum conditions for exploration, in-situ resource use, contamination monitoring, and planetary science.
End Date
2025-06-30
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Start Date
2021-01-01

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Creation Time
August 14, 2026 at 05:38:06 UTC
Updated Time
August 14, 2026 at 05:38:06 UTC

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