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Greece-based entrepreneur has a unique idea for moon-bound deliveries: using a giant net to catch packages launched from ...
We tend to think of the moon as little more than a barren rock, but it’s very, very dusty. However, this dust is a little different than the stuff that collects on our bookshelves. Every time an ...
A small fraction of the very first sample of dust collected on the moon by the Apollo 11 crew just sold at auction, piquing the interest of astronomers and space lawyers alike. On the precipice of ...
It’ll also have to figure out the dust. Lunar dust is made of gnarly little particles — jagged and sharp-edged grains that add up to a major problem for astronauts and just about any human ...
The Apollo astronauts didn't know what they'd find when they explored the surface of the moon, but they certainly didn't ...
Moon dust is quickly becoming a magic material, from which oxygen and other elements such as titanium can be extracted, that can be compacted down to form bricks to construct lunar shelters ...
Lunar dust, known as regolith, will be very hard to keep out of the system. Lunar dust covers the entire surface of the Moon, with about 20% of the bulk regolith composed of particles smaller than ...
The next time astronauts land on the moon, we will watch it in high-definition. The transmission will be in color, digital and at up to 60 frames per second.
Troublesome lunar dust could soon be transformed into solar cells to help power moon bases and humanity's push to explore further out into space. This is the promise of an international team of ...
Chinese scientists are studying rocks brought back from the moon for a glimpse into the vast resources that could be mined one day and used on Earth. WSJ looks at what Beijing is doing to achieve that ...
(THE CONVERSATION) Half a century after the Apollo astronauts left the last bootprints in lunar dust, the Moon has once again become a destination of fierce ambition and delicate engineering. This ...