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DORN instrument heads for the Moon

The DORN (Detection of Outgassing RadoN) instrument, dedicated to measuring radon on the Moon’s surface, was developed at IRAP-OMP. It will be on board China’s Chang’E6 lunar mission, scheduled for […]

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An instrument from Toulouse will analyze a gas on the Moon’s surface in 2024

At a press briefing on Wednesday June 28, the DORN instrument was presented by those involved in the project, including Pierre-Yves Meslin, a teacher-researcher at the university and the instrument’s […]

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IRAP at the heart of the lunar conquest

During the last fifty years, our natural satellite, the Moon, has been the target of human expeditions (Apollo missions) (1969-72) and robotic return of samples (Luna 16, 20, 24 (1970-1976), […]