 |  CubeSats for Hunting Secrets in Lunar Darkness
 25 January 2018
Imagine sending a spacecraft the size of an airline cabin bag to the Moon – what would
you have it do? ESA issued that challenge to European teams last year, and two winners
have now been chosen. The Lunar Meteoroid Impact Orbiter, or Lumio for short, would
circle over the far side of the Moon to detect bright impact flashes during the lunar
night, mapping meteoroid bombardments as they occur.
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