Lead Thermal Engineer Juan Rodriguez-ruiz (left) and Project Manager Neerav Shah inspect the Lunar Environment Monitoring Station (LEMS) instrument in preparation for testing in a thermal vacuum chamber at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Md. on April 3rd, 2026. LEMS is a compact, autonomous, and self-sustaining seismometer suite designed to carry out continuous, long-term, monitoring of the lunar seismic environment at the South Polar region. Photo Credit: NASA/Denny Henry