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Ground Calibration Test Method for Chang’E-7 Lunar Soil Water Molecule Analyzer
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Xiang LI1, Wenzhen LU4, Zhenwei QIU1, Shanshan CUI1, Meiru GUO2, Zhengyi REN2, Jian SUN3, Pengwei LUO4, Xiaoping ZHANG4, Rui CHEN4, Zhenyu XU1, Lu YAO1, Jun RUAN1, Chi ZHANG1, Kan CHEN1, Yan LI1, Nailiang CAO1
Chinese Journal of Space Science | 2026, 46(2) : 465 - 474
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Chinese Journal of Space Science | 2026, 46(2): 465-474
Calibration for the Payload of Chang’E-7 Mission
Ground Calibration Test Method for Chang’E-7 Lunar Soil Water Molecule Analyzer
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Xiang LI1, Wenzhen LU4, Zhenwei QIU1, Shanshan CUI1, Meiru GUO2, Zhengyi REN2, Jian SUN3, Pengwei LUO4, Xiaoping ZHANG4, Rui CHEN4, Zhenyu XU1, Lu YAO1, Jun RUAN1, Chi ZHANG1, Kan CHEN1, Yan LI1, Nailiang CAO1
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  • 1Anhui Institute of Optics Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031
  • 2Lanzhou Institute of Physics, China Academy of Space Technology, Lanzhou 730000
  • 3Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640
  • 4State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau 999078
Published: 2026-03-15 doi: 10.11728/cjss2026.02.2025-0151
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The lunar pole’s water ice is essential for understanding the Moon’s evolution and building future lunar research station. Nevertheless, existing orbital remote-sensing missions and returned samples remain insufficient to resolve the key unknowns of polar water, including its occurrence modes (e.g., adsorbed water/hydroxyl, pore-filling ice, or ice-cemented regolith), its abundance and vertical variability, and its potential origin and evolutionary pathways. To address this gap, the Chang’E-7 mini-flying probe will carry the Lunar soil Water molecule Analyser (LUWA) to conduct in-situ detection of water ice at the permanently shadowed region for the first time. This paper describes the compositional structure of LUWA and the detection approach, comprising drilling, sampling, sealing, heating and analysis. We detail the calibration parameters, apparatus, and procedures for its three core analytical modules: the Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectrometer (TDLAS), the Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (TOF-MS), and the Differential optical Absorption Spectrometer (DAS). The operational chain is designed to release water through thermal extraction, quantify water content with high sensitivity across a wide dynamic range, and enable the determination of D/H isotopic signatures. A systematic ground calibration methodology and a unified calibration framework are established for three functional modules dedicated to water measurement. The framework defines calibration objectives, procedures, and traceability pathways to characterize module response functions, assess background and temperature-dependent effects, verify detection limits and linearity, and evaluate accuracy and repeatability, thereby supporting robust conversion from raw observables to calibrated water-content and isotope products in flight. In parallel, a dedicated lunar in-situ exploration test platform is developed to replicate LUWA’s full operational workflow using lunar regolith simulants, including drilling, sampling, sealing, heating, and analysis. Integrated tests validate key performance metrics and the measurement workflow, providing crucial technical support for interpreting Chang’E-7 LUWA data and for assessing the abundance and occurrence of water ice in lunar soil within PSRs.

Lunar soil Water molecule Analyzer (LUWA)  /  Permanently shadowed regions  /  Polar water ice detection  /  Ground calibration methods
Xiang LI, Wenzhen LU, Zhenwei QIU, Shanshan CUI, Meiru GUO, Zhengyi REN, Jian SUN, Pengwei LUO, Xiaoping ZHANG, Rui CHEN, Zhenyu XU, Lu YAO, Jun RUAN, Chi ZHANG, Kan CHEN, Yan LI, Nailiang CAO. Ground Calibration Test Method for Chang’E-7 Lunar Soil Water Molecule Analyzer[J]. Chinese Journal of Space Science, 2026 , 46 (2) : 465 -474 . DOI: 10.11728/cjss2026.02.2025-0151
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doi: 10.11728/cjss2026.02.2025-0151
  • Receive Date:2025-09-22
  • Online Date:2026-07-08
  • Published:2026-03-15
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  • Received:2025-09-22
  • Revised:2026-01-24
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    1Anhui Institute of Optics Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031
    2Lanzhou Institute of Physics, China Academy of Space Technology, Lanzhou 730000
    3Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640
    4State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau 999078
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