The ROLSES radio telescope is launching aboard the IM-1 lunar mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, informed by Cornell astronomer Jake Turner’s expertise in studying exoplanets via radio transmission. Aiming to help understand the effect of the lunar environment on future lunar surface radio observatories, this mission is a pathfinder for large lunar farside radio telescopes in the future.
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