September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
... The first step towards the design of an advanced locomotive system is to understand the micro and macro-mechanics of lunar regolith. In line with our aim to follow a step-by-step process, we first need to study the effects of increased traversing...
20 January 2020
ESA facility begins producing oxygen out of simulated moon dust
...back by astronauts from the Apollo missions confirm that lunar regolith – the dusty surface layer of the Moon that ... of metals will depend on where on the Moon the regolith is acquired from – there would be significant regional differences.”...
17 May 2021
European startup to produce oxygen from lunar soil for ESA 2025 mission
...ESA to deliver a reactor that will produce oxygen from lunar regolith for the agency’s up and coming in-situ resource ...the Moon, the primary source of material is the lunar regolith. Regolith contains oxygen and water, two key elements used ...
March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
... safe manner before arrival of the first crew. Exploring this approach further, the intention is to use the lunar regolith to manufacture not only the base’s external structure but also tools needed by astronauts during surface exploration...
26 February 2021
Lunar levitation track system among new ideas funded by NASA
... MHz) radio observatory is a concept proposed by Ronald Polidan at Lunar Resources, Inc. Polidan envisages that Farview would also be built on the lunar farside, but this time using lunar regolith materials. “This radio telescope will be the first...
26 October 2020
Scientists detect molecular water and cold ‘water traps’ on the Moon
... Astronomy) are cementing our understanding of water on the Moon. Previously, water ice in the form of OH (hydroxyl) locked in lunar regolith had been detected, but now research teams have unambiguously detected the H2O molecule, while another...
