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Properties of Lunar Dust and Their Migration on the Moon

Space: Science & Technology
Lunar dust, the finest fraction of lunar regolith, has undergone important space weathering on the Moon. It not only serves as a record of the evolution of the lunar surface environment and the modification of mineral properties, but also influences the ...
Hong Jin, Xiongyao Li, Guangfei Wei, Xiaoping Zhang, Lianghai Xie, Hong Gan, Aibing Zhang, Xianguo Zhang, Lifang Li, Zhaoguo He, Yuyan Zhao   +10 more
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Effects of lunar dust simulant on cardiac function and fibrosis in rats. [PDF]

Toxicol Res (Camb), 2019
The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of lunar dust simulant (LDS) on cardiac function and fibrosis. In an in vivo experiment, after 3 weeks of exposure, electrocardiography (ECG) and histopathological and immunohistochemical ...
Sun Y, Zhang L, Liu J, Zhang X, Su Y, Yin Q, He S.   +6 more
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Recent progress in lunar dust migration and biological toxicity research

地球与行星物理论评, 2021
Lunar dust is easy to transport both vertically and horizontally, which affects the lunar surface material distribution, and the dusty plasma environment near the lunar surface.
Xiaoping Zhang, Hong Gan, Cunhui Li, Lianghai Xie, Yan Sun   +4 more
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A Dusty Road for Astronauts

Biomedicines, 2023
The lunar dust problem was first formulated in 1969 with NASA’s first successful mission to land a human being on the surface of the Moon. Subsequent Apollo missions failed to keep the dust at bay, so exposure to the dust was unavoidable.
Silvana Miranda, Shannon Marchal, Lina Cumps, Jenne Dierckx, Marcus Krüger, Daniela Grimm, Sarah Baatout, Kevin Tabury, Bjorn Baselet   +8 more
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Detection of the Lunar Surface Soil Permittivity with Megahertz Electromagnetic Wave

Sensors, 2021
In this paper, the detection of the lunar surface soil permittivity with megahertz electromagnetic (EM) waves by spaceborne radar is studied based on the EM scattering theory, the Boltzmann–Shukla equations, and the improved scattering matrix method ...
Qingwen Rao, Guanjun Xu, Wangchen Mao
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Analyzing LDEX's Current Measurements in Lunar Orbit

The Planetary Science Journal, 2023
The Lunar Dust Experiment (LDEX) on board the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer mission orbited the Moon from 2014 September to 2015 April and observed a dynamic, permanently present dust cloud produced by continual meteoroid bombardment. In
Edwin Bernardoni, Mihály Horányi, Jamey R. Szalay   +2 more
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Constraining Low‐Altitude Lunar Dust Using the LADEE‐UVS Data [PDF]

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2021
Studying lunar dust is vital to the exploration of the Moon and other airless planetary bodies. The Ultraviolet and Visible Spectrometer on board the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer spacecraft conducted a series of Almost Limb activities ...
H. Sharma, M. Hedman, D. Wooden, A. Colaprete, A. Cook   +4 more
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[Effect of lunar dust on humans: -lunar dust: regolith-].

Nihon eiseigaku zasshi. Japanese journal of hygiene, 2010
We reviewed the effect of lunar dust (regolith) on humans by the combination of the hazard/exposure of regolith and microgravity of the moon. With regard to the physicochemical properties of lunar dust, the hazard-related factors are its components, fibrous materials and nanoparticles.
Yasuo, Morimoto, Takeo, Miki, Toshiaki, Higashi, Seichi, Horie, Kazunari, Tanaka, Chiaki, Mukai   +5 more
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Implicit lunar dust mitigation technology: Compliant mechanisms

Acta Astronautica, 2022
The finest fraction of the lunar regolith, namely the lunar dust, poses a challenge for hardware design and lunar operations. The Apollo missions experienced equipment malfunctions and failures due to dust interactions with hardware.
D. Budzyn, H. Zare-Behtash, A. Cowley, A. Cammarano   +3 more
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Investigating Particle-Particle Electrostatic Effects on Charged Lunar Dust Transport via Discrete Element Modeling

Advances in Space Research, 2022
NASA surface exploration missions have always seen negative effects of dust including the Apollo missions. The astronaut-witnessed unusual behavior of the dust particles that surround the vehicle after engine cutoff has the potential to have more of an ...
Hao Wang, James R. Phillips III, A. Dove, T. Elgohary   +3 more
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