As Firefly Aerospace prepared to close out a two-week mission on the moon, its lander had one final gift to beam home: the first high-definition images of a lunar sunset.

This technique could enable the construction of settlements on the Moon and Mars using local ... a loose layer of rocks, sand, and dust that coats the surfaces of planets and moons.

The UD experiment is part of the Regolith Adherence Characterization (RAC) payload set to determine how moon dust particles stick to different materials exposed to the moon’s environment. These ...

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander just beamed home up-close video of its epic March 2 touchdown, showing how its thrusters kicked up plumes of lunar dust. Skip to main content Open menu ...

Now, three astrophysicists have proposed a plan to create a moon dust shield by mining and shooting bits of moon dust into space. The plan might sound a bit out of this world — sorry for that ...

On the Moon, this powdery dust is the result of repeatedly being ... making it similar to climbing a sand dune. "And after a hard day of eight hours walking on the Moon, you go into FLEXHab ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Engineers and space scientists calculated the energy needed to convert moon dust into rocket fuel and transport it to a space-based location. The process ...

It carried a vacuum to suck up moon dirt for analysis and a drill to measure temperature as deep as 10 feet below the surface. Also on board: a device for eliminating abrasive lunar dust - a ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A Canadian-made moon dust repellent is expected to land on the moon Sunday as part of a NASA-led study.