LRU1 maps the surface in the LUNA facility with its specialist cameras
LRU1 maps the surface in the LUNA facility with its specialist cameras
LRU1 maps the surface visually and in 3D. To do this, it records the surface with a multispectral stereo panoramic camera, easily recognisable on the rover's wide head. Such cameras see much more than just colours, as they measure image data across wavelength ranges that far exceed what the human eye can perceive. On the Moon, this will allow information about the mineralogical composition of the surface to be recorded, mapped and quantified. In the LUNA facility, researchers tested instruments and robots designed to locate water ice on the Moon.