https://astrotube.obspm.fr/videos/watch/01188e5e-a606-4a09-81ef-8daae7b3ed3d Abstract: The Lunar Meteoroid Impact Observer (LUMIO) is a CubeSat mission designed to study meteoroid impacts on the Moon. Developed under the European Space Agency’s General Support Technology Programme, LUMIO is a 12U CubeSat that will operate from a halo orbit around the Earth-Moon L2 point, providing continuous observations of the lunar farside. LUMIO is led by Politecnico di Milano and supported by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA), United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA), and Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA). LUMIO has successfully passed Phases A and B and is currently in Phase C, with launch foreseen in 2028. By detecting Lunar Impact Flashes (LIFs), the brief bursts of light produced when meteoroids strike the Moon’s surface, LUMIO will extend the coverage of impact monitoring beyond Earth-based telescopes, which are limited to the nearside and affected by weather conditions. Fabio Ferrari is Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano and Visiting Professor at the University of Bern. He is the Science Lead of ESA's LUMIO Mission and Instrument PI on ESA’s Hera mission (Milani NavCam), and ESA's RAMSES Mission (HORUS camera). He is the PI of the ERC project TRACES, aimed at the study of the mechanical properties of asteroids.. Wed, 23 Sep 2026 06:23:26 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://astrotube.obspm.fr https://astrotube.obspm.fr/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://astrotube.obspm.fr/videos/watch/01188e5e-a606-4a09-81ef-8daae7b3ed3d All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://astrotube.obspm.fr/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.