NASA payload to study the effects of Lunar dust on mission equipment

NASA payload to study the effects of Lunar dust on mission equipment

by Clarence Oxford

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2024

The Moon’s surface is coated in a gritty layer known as lunar regolith, composed of gravel, pebbles, and fine dust. Astronauts during the Apollo missions discovered that this fine, powdery dust – electromagnetically charged due to solar and cosmic radiation -…