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Matthias Grott

Matthias Grott is the Principal Investigator for LRAD and was responsible for the design, construction and integration of the instrument into the µNova lander of the private lunar mission IM-2. He was also the Principal Investigator of the MARA experiment and was responsible for the design, construction and integration of the instrument into the MASCOT lander of the Hayabusa-2 mission.

Posts from Matthias Grott

Space | 28. February 2024

German instrument to study Moon's eternal shadows with private mission

On 22 February 2024, the US 'New Space' company Intuitive Machines became the first private company to land on the Moon with its IM-1 Odysseus mission. The landing site is located around 800 kilometres north of the lunar South Pole, east of the Malapert A crater. According to Intuitive Machines, the landing took place just 1500 metres from the intended landing site, meaning that Odysseus is located in the south of the South Pole-Aitken impact basin which measures over 2000 kilometres in diameter. read more

Space | 26. September 2018

What does the MASCOT radiometer MARA measure?

A radiometer is a device for determining the radiation emitted by a surface. Its objective is to measure the temperature of the surface without touching it. When MASCOT separates from the Hayabusa2 probe on 3 October 2018, the MASCOT radiometer MARA will already be switched on, and will measure the surface temperature of the asteroid Ryugu during the descent, landing and rest periods. read more