"The successful SCALPSS operation is a key step in gathering fundamental knowledge about landing and operating on the moon, ...

Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies, or SCALPSS 1.1, is a group of cameras to measure the interaction between the lander’s rocket plume and the lunar surface. Michelle Munk ...

Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) involves a laser ablation procedure, where a laser pulse interacts with a material surface to induce the formation ... processes studied in NGPDL. The interaction of the ...

It is typical for rocket plumes from vertical takeoff/vertical landing operations to apply physical pressure and heat flux to the landing and launch interaction surface, Jehn points out.

Will be a treasure for quantifying plume-surface interactions during lunar landing.” he posted on X. “There are some things I don’t understand yet and will take a while to unpack.” ...

The descent images show evidence that the onset of the interaction between Blue Ghost’s reaction control thruster plumes and the surface begins at roughly 49 feet (15 meters)," NASA officials ...