The moon has two ‘sides’, one that perpetually faces the land and another that faces perpetually from our planet. Many refer to this as the distant side of the Moon, one who has not received as much attention to scientists as the part we can observe directly. However, that has changed slowly, and now NASA plans to join work.

NASA has announced plans to throw three new useful loads to the Moon, two of which will land on the other side. This will be a first for NASA, which has not previously released the payload suites next to the moon in front of the earth. The space agency says that these payloads are designed to “advance the understanding” of the Moon; They will be launched under NASA’s lunar lunar payload services (CLPS).

NASA previously issued a call for proposals by virtue of its useful burdens and research research on the Luna’s surface initiative (prism). These three useful charges are the first selections made of this call for proposals. The two useful charges of milestones will be launched to the Schrödinger basin, the far side of the largest impact crater of the Moon.

The two useful loads destined to the distant side of the Moon will be the indoor temperature suite and lunar materials (Litms) and the seismic suite of Farside (FSS). The LITMS payload will include a pneumatic drill and a lunar magnetoteluric probe, both of which will look at the electrical conductivity and the heat flow of the basin.

Meanwhile, the FSS, packages two seismometers that will send to NASA their first data on the seismic activity that happens on the dark side of the Moon. Rounding the useful loads will be the lunar vertex, a payload and rover that will be reduced in the Lunar Swirl of Reiner Gamma of the Moon. The rover will perform surface measurements and help to shed light on the magnetic field of the moon.

NASA aims to launch useful loads in 2024.