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A brief review of chemical and mineralogical resources on the Moon and likely initial in situ resource utilization (ISRU) applications by Anand, M., Crawford, I.A., Balat-Pichelin, M., Abanades, S., van Westrenen, W., Péraudeau, G., Jaumann, R., Seboldt, W.

“…In situ resource utilization (ISRU) refers to the in situ generation of consumables for autonomous or human activities from raw materials found on the Moon or…”
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Back to the Moon: The scientific rationale for resuming lunar surface exploration by Crawford, I.A., Anand, M., Cockell, C.S., Falcke, H., Green, D.A., Jaumann, R., Wieczorek, M.A.

“…The lunar geological record has much to tell us about the earliest history of the Solar System, the origin and evolution of the Earth–Moon system, the…”
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Petrogenesis and chronology of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 4472: A KREEPy regolith breccia from the Moon by Joy, K.H., Burgess, R., Hinton, R., Fernandes, V.A., Crawford, I.A., Kearsley, A.T., Irving, A.J.

“…Northwest Africa (NWA) 4472 is a polymict lunar regolith meteorite. The sample is KREEP-rich (high concentrations of potassium, rare earth elements and…”
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The petrology and geochemistry of Miller Range 05035: A new lunar gabbroic meteorite by Joy, K.H., Crawford, I.A., Anand, M., Greenwood, R.C., Franchi, I.A., Russell, S.S.

“…Miller Range (MIL) 05035 is a lunar gabbroic meteorite. The mineralogy, Fe/Mn ratios in olivine and pyroxene, bulk-rock chemical composition and the bulk…”
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Lunar X-ray fluorescence observations by the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS): Results from the nearside southern highlands by Narendranath, S., Athiray, P.S., Sreekumar, P., Kellett, B.J., Alha, L., Howe, C.J., Joy, K.H., Grande, M., Huovelin, J., Crawford, I.A., Unnikrishnan, U., Lalita, S., Subramaniam, S., Weider, S.Z., Nittler, L.R., Gasnault, O., Rothery, D., Fernandes, V.A., Bhandari, N., Goswami, J.N., Wieczorek, M.A.

“…► First results from Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer. ► Elemental composition for a region in the southern nearside highlands. ► Derived values suggests a…”
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The C1XS X-ray Spectrometer on Chandrayaan-1 by Grande, M., Maddison, B.J., Howe, C.J., Kellett, B.J., Sreekumar, P., Huovelin, J., Crawford, I.A., Duston, C.L., Smith, D., Anand, M., Bhandari, N., Cook, A., Fernandes, V., Foing, B., Gasnaut, O., Goswami, J.N., Holland, A., Joy, K.H., Kochney, D., Lawrence, D., Maurice, S., Okada, T., Narendranath, S., Pieters, C., Rothery, D., Russell, S.S., Shrivastava, A., Swinyard, B., Wilding, M., Wieczorek, M.

“…The Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) is a compact X-ray spectrometer for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission. It…”
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Ground calibration of the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Solar Monitor (XSM) by Alha, L., Huovelin, J., Nygård, K., Andersson, H., Esko, E., Howe, C.J., Kellett, B.J., Narendranath, S., Maddison, B.J., Crawford, I.A., Grande, M., Shreekumar, P.

“…The Chandrayaan-1 XSM ground calibrations are introduced. The aim of these calibrations was to characterize the performance of XSM, which enables a reliable…”
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The scientific rationale for the C1XS X-ray spectrometer on India's Chandrayaan-1 mission to the moon by Crawford, I.A., Joy, K.H., Kellett, B.J., Grande, M., Anand, M., Bhandari, N., Cook, A.C., d’Uston, L., Fernandes, V.A., Gasnault, O., Goswami, J., Howe, C.J., Huovelin, J., Koschny, D., Lawrence, D.J., Maddison, B.J., Maurice, S., Narendranath, S., Pieters, C., Okada, T., Rothery, D.A., Russell, S.S., Sreekumar, P., Swinyard, B., Wieczorek, M., Wilding, M.

“…The UK-built Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) will fly as an ESA instrument on India's Chandrayaan-1 mission to the Moon, launched in October 2008. C1XS…”
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Ultra-high-resolution observations of interstellar Na i and K i towards the Scorpius OB1 association by Crawford, I.A.

“…I present ultra-high-resolution ≈ observations of interstellar Na i and K i absorption lines towards three members of the Scorpius OB1 association (HD 152235,…”
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The D-CIXS X-ray spectrometer on the SMART-1 mission to the Moon—First results by Grande, M., Kellett, B.J., Howe, C., Perry, C.H., Swinyard, B., Dunkin, S., Huovelin, J., Alha, L., D’Uston, L.C., Maurice, S., Gasnault, O., Couturier-Doux, S., Barabash, S., Joy, K.H., Crawford, I.A., Lawrence, D., Fernandes, V., Casanova, I., Wieczorek, M., Thomas, N., Mall, U., Foing, B., Hughes, D., Alleyne, H., Russell, S., Grady, M., Lundin, R., Baker, D., Murray, C.D., Guest, J., Christou, A.

“…The SMART-1 mission has recently arrived at the Moon. Its payload includes D-CIXS, a compact X-ray spectrometer. SMART-1 is a technology evaluation mission,…”
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Regions of interest (ROI) for future exploration missions to the lunar South Pole by Flahaut, J., Carpenter, J., Williams, J.-P., Anand, M., Crawford, I.A., van Westrenen, W., Füri, E., Xiao, L., Zhao, S.

“…The last decades have been marked by increasing evidence for the presence of near-surface volatiles at the lunar poles. Enhancement in hydrogen near both…”
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YOLO-ET: A Machine Learning model for detecting, localising and classifying anthropogenic contaminants and extraterrestrial microparticles optimised for mobile processing systems by Pinault, L.J., Yano, H., Okudaira, K., Crawford, I.A.

“…Imminent robotic and human activities on the Moon and other planetary bodies would benefit from advanced in situ Computer Vision and Machine Learning…”
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A database of noble gases in lunar samples in preparation for mass spectrometry on the Moon by Curran, N.M., Nottingham, M., Alexander, L., Crawford, I.A., Füri, E., Joy, K.H.

“…The lunar regolith provides a temporal archive of the evolution of the Moon and inner Solar System over the last ~4 billion years. During this time, noble…”
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Geology, geochemistry, and geophysics of the Moon: Status of current understanding by Jaumann, R., Hiesinger, H., Anand, M., Crawford, I.A., Wagner, R., Sohl, F., Jolliff, B.L., Scholten, F., Knapmeyer, M., Hoffmann, H., Hussmann, H., Grott, M., Hempel, S., Köhler, U., Krohn, K., Schmitz, N., Carpenter, J., Wieczorek, M., Spohn, T., Robinson, M.S., Oberst, J.

“…The Moon is key to understanding both Earth and our Solar System in terms of planetary processes and has been a witness of the Solar System history for more…”
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Detection of Circumstellar Material in a Normal Type Ia Supernova by Patat, F, Chandra, P, Chevalier, R, Justham, S, Podsiadlowski, Ph, Wolf, C, Gal-Yam, A, Pasquini, L, Crawford, I.A, Mazzali, P.A, Pauldrach, A.W.A, Nomoto, K, Benetti, S, Cappellaro, E, Elias-Rosa, N, Hillebrandt, W, Leonard, D.C, Pastorello, A, Renzini, A, Sabbadin, F, Simon, J.D, Turatto, M

“…Type Ia supernovae are important cosmological distance indicators. Each of these bright supernovae supposedly results from the thermonuclear explosion of a…”
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Remote detection of past habitability at Mars-analogue hydrothermal alteration terrains using an ExoMars Panoramic Camera emulator by Harris, J.K., Cousins, C.R., Gunn, M., Grindrod, P.M., Barnes, D., Crawford, I.A., Cross, R.E., Coates, A.J.

“…•A prototype ExoMars PanCam was used at a hydrothermal Mars-analogue site in Iceland.•PanCam data is compared to field and aerial VNIR spectral data.•Key…”
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Glaciovolcanic hydrothermal environments in Iceland and implications for their detection on Mars by Cousins, C.R., Crawford, I.A., Carrivick, J.L., Gunn, M., Harris, J., Kee, T.P., Karlsson, M., Carmody, L., Cockell, C., Herschy, B., Joy, K.H.

“…Volcanism has been a dominant process on Mars, along with a pervasive global cryosphere. Therefore, the interaction between these two is considered likely…”
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Ultra-high-resolution observations of interstellar Na i and K i towards the Scorpius OB1 association by Crawford, I.A.

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An ultra-high-resolution study of the interstellar medium in the direction of α Ophiuchi by Crawford, I.A.

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An exploration of the effectiveness of artificial mini-magnetospheres as a potential solar storm shelter for long term human space missions by Bamford, R.A., Kellett, B., Bradford, J., Todd, T.N., Benton, M.G., Stafford-Allen, R., Alves, E.P., Silva, L., Collingwood, C., Crawford, I.A., Bingham, R.

“…If mankind is to explore the solar system beyond the confines of our Earth and Moon the problem of radiation protection must be addressed. Galactic cosmic rays…”
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