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ISOCHRON (spacecraft), the Glossary

ISOCHRON (Inner SOlar system CHRONogy) is a proposed lunar sample-return mission that would retrieve samples of the youngest lunar mare basalt.^[1]

15 relations: Apollo program, Aristarchus (crater), Discovery Program, Geology of the Moon, Internal structure of the Moon, Lunar mare, Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility, Mantle (geology), Moon, NASA, Oceanus Procellarum, Principal investigator, Radiometric dating, Relative dating, Sample-return mission.
Discovery program proposals
Sample return missions

Apollo program

The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in preparing and landing the first men on the Moon from 1968 to 1972.

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Aristarchus (crater)

Aristarchus is a lunar impact crater that lies in the northwest part of the Moon's near side.

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Discovery Program

The Discovery Program is a series of Solar System exploration missions funded by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through its Planetary Missions Program Office.

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Geology of the Moon

The geology of the Moon (sometimes called selenology, although the latter term can refer more generally to "lunar science") is quite different from that of Earth.

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Internal structure of the Moon

Having a mean density of 3,346.4 kg/m3, the Moon is a differentiated body, being composed of a geochemically distinct crust, mantle, and planetary core.

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Lunar mare

The lunar maria (mare) are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by lava flowing into ancient impact basins.

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Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility

The Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility (LSLF) is a repository and laboratory facility at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, opened in 1979 to house geologic samples returned from the Moon by the Apollo program missions to the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972.

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Mantle (geology)

A mantle is a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.

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Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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Oceanus Procellarum

Oceanus Procellarum (from lit) is a vast lunar mare on the western edge of the near side of the Moon.

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Principal investigator

In many countries, the term principal investigator (PI) refers to the holder of an independent grant and the lead researcher for the grant project, usually in the sciences, such as a laboratory study or a clinical trial.

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Radiometric dating

Radiometric dating, radioactive dating or radioisotope dating is a technique which is used to date materials such as rocks or carbon, in which trace radioactive impurities were selectively incorporated when they were formed.

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Relative dating

Relative dating is the science of determining the relative order of past events (i.e., the age of an object in comparison to another), without necessarily determining their absolute age (i.e., estimated age).

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Sample-return mission

A sample-return mission is a spacecraft mission to collect and return samples from an extraterrestrial location to Earth for analysis. ISOCHRON (spacecraft) and sample-return mission are sample return missions.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISOCHRON_(spacecraft)