Education and Public Outreach
The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) is one of two instruments that NASA is contributing to India's first mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-1. Launched in 2008, M3 is a state-of-the-art imaging spectrometer that will provide the first map of the entire lunar surface at high spatial and spectral resolution, revealing the minerals of which the moon is made.
Breaking News
- Water on the Moon!
- Water, Water Confirmation of lunar water offers new, tantalizing opportunities for exploration
- Nasa Picture of The Day
- International Articles
- Nasa Picture of The Day
- Mission Lost
- Scientists review Chandrayaan failure
- Chandrayaan-1 confirms moon was once completely molten: Scientist
- Chandrayaan-1 confirms lunar magma ocean hypothesis
- India's First Moon Probe Lost, But Data May Yield Finds
- Did a hyperactive sun kill India's moon mission?
- M3 & TMC on Ch-1 Earth-Moon eclipse
- JAXA interviews Carle Pieters
- LUNAR AND PLANETARY SCIENCE CONFERENCE
- U.S. Scientist sees use of resources on Moon in future - Interview with M3 PI - Dr. Carle Pieters
- 100 days of Chandrayaan-1 launch
- First Peek at M3 Data!
- JPL's Moon Mineralogy Mapper M3 Instrument is listed as one of NASA's Top Science, Exploration and Discovery Stories of 2008
