Space ＆ Planetary Geology Research Department
With new challenge of human toward Moon and Mars, Space ＆ Planetary Geology Research Department (SPGRD) focuses on fundamental research on the planetary geology and resources of the Solar System, planetary geoloy and resource exploration, development on space in-situ resource utilization technology, study on planetary environmental analog, development of simulants for Moon, Mars, and asteroid as well as DB services of planetary remote sensing and geological resources. Also, SPGRD investigates on space policy, international collaboration, and global scale educational program conjunction with space resource exploration and utilization toward independent space resource development and participation in Artemis program and other international collaborations.
Major Activities
- Production of elemental maps for lunar geology and resources based on Danuri Gamma-Ray Spectrometer data, development on planetary resource exploration technology
- Gamma-ray burst (GRB221009A) detection and gamma-ray background monitoring in deep space
- Development on Space In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) core technology and lunar resource exploration and utilization platform
- Development of planetary payloads of Gamma-ray Spectrometer (GRS), Neutron spectrometer (NS), X-ray Spectrometer (XRS), and Laser-induced Breakdown Spectrometer (LIBS)
- Fundamental research on both geology and resource of planetary materials, terrestrial analog, and simulants for the Moon, Mars, and asteroids
- Research on the subsurfacial structure and mineralogical shock-metamorphism in Hapcheon Impact Crater and its application for identifying surficial geological features on Moon and Mars
