Researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley complete a successful vibration test of the Neutron Spectrometer System or NSS, designed to sniff out water below the surface of the Moon, successfully sailed through a “shake” test to simulate the turbulent conditions of launch. . This is one of the final tests needed to prepare the instrument for a flight to the Moon aboard Astrobotic Technology’s Peregrine lander, as part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. The vibration test simulates the forces the instrument will be subjected to during launch when the lander blasts off aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket. The NSS will fly on the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER.
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Lynn Hofland, Ames EEL lab) and Kimberly Ennico, LCROSS payload scientist
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Frank Pichay, EEL lab
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Lynn Hofland, Ames EEL lab) and Kimberly Ennico, LCROSS payload scientist
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Total Luminance Photometer lens and electronics units on shake table in N-2444 EEL Laboratory with Lynn Hofland (techician/operator EEL) oversees test run
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating testing components with Jerry Wang of Ames, Engineering Evaluation labLCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating testing components with Jerry Wang of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Total Luminance Photometer lens and electronics units on shake table in N-2444 EEL Laboratory with Lynn Hofland (techician/operator EEL) oversees test run
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Total Luminance Photometer lens and electronics units on shake table in N-2444 EEL Laboratory with Lynn Hofland (techician/operator EEL) tightens photometer to fixture on shake table
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Total Luminance Photometer lens and electronics units on shake table in N-2444 EEL Laboratory with Lynn Hofland (techician/operator EEL) bolts two pieces of the LCROSS photometer to bigger shake table
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. with P.I.'s and EEL personnel preforming various tests
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. with P.I.'s and EEL personnel preforming various tests
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. with P.I.'s and EEL personnel preforming various tests
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. with P.I.'s and EEL personnel preforming various tests
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. with P.I.'s and EEL personnel preforming various tests
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating & assembling components with Glen Sasaki of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating testing components with Jerry Wang of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating testing components with Glen Sasaki of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Lynn Hofland
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Lynn Hofland
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating testing components with Jerry Wang of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating & assembling components with Glen Sasaki of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating & assembling components with Glen Sasaki of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. with P.I.'s and EEL personnel preforming various tests with Glen Sasaki
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating & assembling components with Glen Sasaki of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating & assembling components with Glen Sasaki of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating & assembling components with Glen Sasaki of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating & assembling components with Glen Sasaki of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating & assembling components with Glen Sasaki of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating testing components with Jerry Wang of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating & assembling components with Glen Sasaki of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Lynn Hofland
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating testing components with Jerry Wang of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating & assembling components with Glen Sasaki of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating testing components with Jerry Wang of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating & assembling components with Glen Sasaki of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating testing components with Jerry Wang of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating & assembling components with Glen Sasaki of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. EEL personnel fabricating testing components with Jerry Wang of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Kimberly Ennico and Anthony Colaprete
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Total Luminance Photometer shake test in N-244 EEL Laboratory; Gi Kojima foreground and Damon Flansbury in backgroud.
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Calibration of Polychromix Near Infra Red Spectrometer outside n-240 (EEL) with Diane Wooden
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Calibration of Polychromix Near Infra Red Spectrometer outside n-240 (EEL) with Diane Wooden
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Kimberly Ennico, Anthony Colaprete and Lynn Hofland
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Total Luminance Photometer shake test in N-244 EEL Laboratory; Kim Ennico takes notes on test set up
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Kimberly Ennico, Anthony Colaprete and Lynn Hofland
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - close up of Total Luminance Photometer lens and electronics units on shake table in N-2444 EEL Laboratory
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Calibration of Polychromix Near Infra Red Spectrometer outside n-240 (EEL) with Dana Lynch
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Kimberly Ennico, Anthony Colaprete and Lynn Hofland
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - Spectrometer on shake table
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Calibration of Polychromix Near Infra Red Spectrometer outside n-240 (EEL) with (l) Dan Lynch and (r) Diane Wooden
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center Dana Lynch looking at Total Luminance Photometer lens durnig shake testing in the EEL laboratory.
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Kimberly Ennico, Lynn Hofland, Frank Pichay and Discovery Channel video crew
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. with P.I.'s and EEL personnel preforming various tasks during assembly Gene Sasaki (frt) and Jerry Wang (bk)
Austin Bowie, left, and Jesse Fusco fold the BioSentinel flight unit solar array in the Engineering Evaluation Laboratory, or EEL, Radio Frequency test facility, N244, after completion of an electromagnetic compatibility test procedure.
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. with P.I.'s and EEL personnel preforming various tests (Jerry Wang (R, seated) and Glen Sasaki (L, standing)
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center Dana Lynch looking at Total Luminance Photometer lens durnig shake testing in the EEL laboratory.
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. with P.I.'s and EEL personnel preforming various tests Kim Ennico (r) and Dana Lynch (l)
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Kimberly Ennico and Anthony Colaprete
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - Spectrometer on shake table
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - Spectrometer on shake table
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - close up of Total Luminance Photometer lens and electronics units on shake table in N-2444 EEL Laboratory
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. with P.I.'s and EEL personnel preforming various tasks, with P. I. Tony Colaprete ( Glen Sasaki of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab in background)
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. with P.I.'s and EEL personnel preforming various tests with Mark Shirley, LCROSS Northrup Grumman Redondo Beach, CA
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Calibration of Polychromix Near Infra Red Spectrometer outside n-240 (EEL) with Dana Lynch
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Anthony Colaprete, Ames code SST
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - close up of Total Luminance Photometer lens and electronics units on shake table in N-2444 EEL Laboratory
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - shake table testing of the Total Luminance Photometer in the EEL lab N-2444. Data analyzer in foreground. (overview)
LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. with P.I.'s and EEL personnel preforming various tasks. Tony Colaprete LCROSS P. I. in foreground, Glen Sasaki and Jerry Wang Ames Electrical Evaluation Lab
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Total Luminance Photometer lens and electronics units on shake table in N-2444 EEL Laboratory: Gi Kojima, Dana Lynch and Lynn Hofland check electronics. Data analyzer is the foreground.
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - (l to r) Kim Ennico, Damon Flansburg and Gi Kojima check out the LCROSS Total Luminance Photometer lens and electronics attached to a metal plate in preparation for a vibe (vibration) test on the shake table in N-2444 EEL Laboratory
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Calibration of Polychromix Near Infra Red Spectrometer outside of N-240A (EEL) with (l to r)) Kim Ennico, Dana Lynch, and Diane Wooden
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Total Luminance Photometer lens and electronics units on shake table in N-2444 EEL Laboratory: Kim Ennico and Gi Kojima check electronics
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Total Luminance Photometer lens and electronics units on shake table in N-2444 EEL Laboratory with (l) Gi Kojima (bk - middle) Damon Flansburg (r) Dana Lynch
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Calibration of Polychromix Near Infra Red Spectrometer outside of N-240A (EEL) with (l to r)) Kim Ennico, Dana Lynch, and Diane Wooden
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Total Luminance Photometer lens and electronics units on shake table in N-2444 EEL Laboratory: shows total luminance photometer data analyzer
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Total Luminance Photometer shake test in N-244 (EEL) : Metal shake table close up. Shows two units bolted on. The left one is the lens, sensor electronics and photometer sensor. The right is the digital electronics unit for the instrument. The two units, along with their cabling is one of the LCROSS science insruments.