LADEE Mission (IMAGE) University of Colorado at Boulder Caption A team of CU-Boulder faculty and students designed and built an instrument for NASA's 2013 LADEE mission to the moon known as the the Lunar Dust Experiment, or LDEX (see inset), to study the behavior of moon dust and how it is affected by ultraviolet sunlight. Credit NASA Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.