In a laboratory at a university in Abu Dhabi a team of researchers have been working on something groundbreaking – bringing a ...
A team of researchers at the New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Space Exploration Laboratory, led by Dimitra Atri, Ph.D., ...
As Firefly Aerospace prepared to close out a two-week mission on the moon, its lander had one final gift to beam home: the ...
Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years.
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 ...
such as lunar dust and regolith, the loose rocks and mineral fragments that cover the lunar surface. “Robotic deliveries like the Blue Ghost mission perform science experiments, test ...
"As the descent continues, the interaction becomes increasingly complex, with the plumes vigorously kicking up the lunar dust, soil and rocks — collectively known as regolith," they added.