NASA Plots ‘Priority’ Mission To Explore Moon’s Mysterious Domes

NASA is sending a rover on a “priority” mission: Explore the Moon’s mysterious volcano-like Gruithuisen Domes.

The project, dubbed the Lunar Vulkan Imaging and Spectroscopy Explorer, is part of a “Priority Artemis Science” mission slated for 2025 or 2026. It is aimed at revealing the secrets of a geological anomaly that has puzzled scientists for decades. On Earth, features similar to the Gruithuisen Domes are formed by silica-rich magma, but the Moon lacks the ingredients geologists believe are necessary to create them.