Keynote lecture TP:

Title: "Lunar Trailblazer: A Pioneering Small Satellite for Lunar Water and Geology"

Speaker: Rachel Klima

Abstract:
Lunar Trailblazer is a NASA SIMPLEx small satellite science mission for understanding the Moon’s water and water cycle. Selected in June 2019, Lunar Trailblazer is presently in assembly, on track to launch as a secondary payload on the Intuitive Machines IM-2 lander launch with SpaceX, scheduled for late 2024. Identifying water, determining its form and abundance, and mapping the distribution of water ice and geologic units at <100m spatial scales relevant to robotic and human exploration provide critical knowledge for future lunar surface exploration. Trailblazer simultaneously measures composition, temperature, and thermophysical properties from a lunar polar orbit at high spatial and spectral resolution over select areas of the Moon. The objectives are to detect and map water on the Moon at key targets to (1) determine its form (OH, H2O or ice), abundance, and local distribution as a function of latitude, soil maturity, and lithology on the sunlit Moon; (2) assess possible time-variation in lunar water on sunlit surfaces; (3) use terrain-scattered light to determine the form, abundance, and distribution of exposed water in permanently shadowed regions; and (4) collect thermal data to understand how local albedo and surface temperature gradients affect ice and OH/H2O concentration, including the potential identification of new cold traps. Trailblazer will perform the highest-to-date spatial resolution compositional and thermophysical properties mapping at the Moon and conduct reconnaissance of potential future landing sites. Lunar Trailblazer’s international team is led by Caltech and managed by JPL. A Lockheed Martin-built and integrated ~200 kg smallsat carries two instruments: (1) JPL’s High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper SWIR imaging spectrometer (<70 m/pixel, 0.6-3.6 μm, 10 nm spectral resolution) and (2) the UK-contributed, University of Oxford-built Lunar Thermal Mapper multispectral thermal imager (<50 m/pixel, 4 broadband thermal channels 6-100 μm, 11 compositional channels 7-10 μm).

Keynote lecture OPS:

Title: "New Perspectives on the Jupiter System: Results from Juno"

Speaker: Scott J. Bolton

Abstract:
Results from Juno's have revealed numerous discoveries associated with the physics and chemistry of Jupiter's origin, interior, atmosphere, and magnetosphere. Juno's extended mission transformed the Jupiter-focused mission into a full system explorer that included close and distant flybys of Io, Europa, and Ganymede, occultations and close-up views of Jupiter’s north polar cyclones and aurora. An overview of Juno results from both the prime and extended missions will be presented.