06 July 2018
ESA investigates health risk of living on the Moon
... it could not be the result of any of the pollen-producing organisms typically found on Earth, so what was it? Moon dust. The moon dust that had clung to the spacesuits of all 12 people who have stepped on the lunar surface made the...
31 May 2019
Melting moon dust with lasers to use in lunar habitats
...transporting materials into space is enormous? One company is offering a solution – 3D print your own infrastructure by melting moon dust with lasers to make it usable as building material. This ambitious project, called MOONRISE, is being led by the...
April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
... to use. We should also think about the lunar systems at play, including asteroid seasons (the electrostatic rising of Moon dust linked with solar patterns) and rhythms of deep time shadows which move across the landscape influencing...
January 2018
NASA’s space police wield full force of law
... and a NASA analysis indicated that the bag contained Moon dust. A follow-up investigation revealed that the bag Nancy purchased...deprive Nancy of title to the bag or the intertwined Moon dust. Nancy subsequently regained possession of the bag and in ...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
... of rocket fuel, and there is a possibility that the Martian soil could be modified to grow food. But, as on the Moon, dust would be a problem. Initially, it appears Mars might be a more ‘people-friendly’ planet. Its great distance, however, remains...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
...a new martian rover, sampling asteroid material and moon dust, the first crewed suborbital flights for Blue Origin ...of the giant gaseous planet Jupiter and three of its largest moons, Ganymede, Callisto and Europa. Data collected from the mission will...
