31 May 2021
JAXA to send a transforming robot to the Moon in 2022
...Packed on board the rover are cameras designed to image the lunar regolith as the machine traverses the surface of the Moon. This... on Earth to evaluate how the impact of the regolith will affect the driving performance of the future crewed pressurised...
19 August 2019
Maxar selected to build, fly first element of NASA’s Lunar Gateway
...for Sample Acquisition, Morphology Filtering, and Probing of Lunar Regolith, will be the first robotic arm on the ...yet-to-be-named lander and will be used to acquire samples of lunar regolith. The arm is a flight spare from the Mars Exploration ...
16 January 2019
China unveils future space plans
... as deep as 2 metres. It is reported that the probe will carry on board, a Panoramic Camera (PCAM), Lunar Regolith Penetrating Radar (LRPR), and the Lunar Mineralogical Spectrometer (LMS). If all goes according to plan, then more Chang’e missions are...
10 June 2020
New map boosts chances of finding water on the Moon
... that the most favorable ice deposits for mining are likely tens of centimeters or deeper within the lunar regolith, even in locations where ice is currently stable at the very surface. High concentrations though are distributed randomly...
January 2019
Materials make the space mission
... use of local materials has also been demonstrated: a 1.5 tonne building block has been printed using simulated lunar regolith. Up in orbit, 3D printers for polymers are already present on the ISS and a metallic printer is set to join them...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
..., either by rover tracks, engine exhaust or even eventually, new footprints. Tests were done on the way the lunar regolith is disturbed in different controlled conditions. A 93-page document emerged from these studies with the title ‘Recommendations...
