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Terrestrial ages of meteorites from the Atacama Desert (Chile) and insights into the past meteorite flux to Earth

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The Atacama Desert in Chile is characterized by its high meteorite density and old meteorite terrestrial ages. In this work, we present new terrestrial ages derived from measurements of the concentration of cosmogenic 36Cl in the metal fraction of 51 ordinary chondrites collected over a 6.8 km2 area located in the Catalina Dense Collection ...
Carine Sadaka, Jérôme Gattacceca, Florian Dumas, Régis Braucher, ASTER Team, Ingo Leya, Mohammad Tauseef, Pierre‐Henri Blard, David Bekaert, Evelyn Füri, Laurent Zimmermann, Anthony Lagain, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Matthieu Gounelle   +13 more
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Meteoritic influence on sodium and potassium abundance in the lunar exosphere measured by LADEE

Geophysical Research Letters, 2016
The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) orbited the Moon for approximately 6 months, taking data with the Lunar Dust Experiment (LDEX), Ultraviolet‐Visible Spectrometer (UVS), and Neutral Mass Spectrometer (NMS).
Jamey R. Szalay, Mihály Horányi, Anthony Colaprete, Menelaos Sarantos   +3 more
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Microbial Endolithic Community at Meteor Crater

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Postimpact recovery and evolution in response to climate changes produced a modern ecosystem at Meteor Crater dominated by a grassland and woodland of piñon and juniper, which has been used to evaluate floral and megafaunal consequences of impact cratering during the Phanerozoic Eon of complex life.
David A. Kring, Charles S. Cockell
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Dust charging and transport on airless planetary bodies

Geophysical Research Letters, 2016
We report on laboratory experiments to shed light on dust charging and transport that have been suggested to explain a variety of unusual phenomena on the surfaces of airless planetary bodies.
X. Wang, J. Schwan, H.‐W. Hsu, E. Grün, M. Horányi   +4 more
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Variations in downslope activity and bottom current dynamics in a land‐detached submarine channel system since the Last Glacial Maximum

Sedimentology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Gollum Channel System is a land‐detached large‐scale canyon‐channel system situated offshore southwest Ireland on the Northeast Atlantic margin. The system has been considered inactive with downslope gravity flows since the last glacial period, but geophysical data in some of its branches do suggest Holocene activity.
Lotte Verweirder, Aggeliki Georgiopoulou, Kobus Langedock, Fred Fourie, Martin White, Sara Benetti, Fabio Sacchetti, Wieter Boone, David Van Rooij   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detection of an Impact Flash Candidate on the Moon with an Educational Telescope System [PDF]

Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2015
At the suggestion of the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office (NASA/MEO), which promotes lunar impact monitoring worldwide during NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission period (launched Sept.
Eunsol Kim, Yong Ha Kim, Ik-Seon Hong, Jaehyung Yu, Eungseok Lee, Kyoungja Kim   +5 more
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Spaceflight and sport science: Physiological monitoring and countermeasures for the astronaut–athlete on Mars exploration missions

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Long‐duration spaceflight impacts essentially every system in the human body, resulting in multisystem deconditioning that might impair the health and performance of crewmembers, particularly on long‐duration exploration missions to Mars. In this review, we apply the sport science model of athlete monitoring, testing and training to astronauts;
Luke DeVirgiliis, Nicholas J. Goode, Kurt W. McDowell, Kirk L. English, Robert Novo, Virina Botros, Ginika Agwu, Jessica M. Scott, Lori L. Ploutz‐Snyder   +8 more
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Assessing Toxicity and Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Damage Caused by Exposure of Mammalian Cells to Lunar Regolith Simulants

GeoHealth, 2018
Previous missions to the lunar surface implicated potential dangers of lunar soil. In future explorations, astronauts may spend weeks or months on the Moon, increasing the risk of inhaling lunar dust.
Rachel Caston, Katie Luc, Donald Hendrix, Joel A. Hurowitz, Bruce Demple   +4 more
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Hypogravity simulation using the Variable Gravity Suspension System: A technical report

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Human movement has evolved within Earth's gravitational environment (1 g; −9.81 m s−2). Future human exploration of terrestrial bodies, including the Moon (0.17 g; −1.62 m s−2) and Mars (0.38 g; −3.71 m s−2), will require astronauts to live and work within reduced gravitational environments (hypogravity).
Patrick Swain, Anthony Swain, Filipa Santos, Luke Hughes, Kirsty Lindsay, Ishbel Lomax, Claire Bruce‐Martin, Nick Caplan   +7 more
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Effect of bias voltage on structure, mechanical properties and tribological performance (against simulated lunar dust) of NiCrMoAl thin films deposited by DC magnetron sputtering

Journal of Materials Research and Technology
As lunar exploration missions progress, the wear failure of moving parts due to lunar dust has become a critical concern. This study focuses on the development of NiCrMoAl thin films deposited on 304 stainless steel substrates via magnetron sputtering ...
Kaiwei Wang, Naiming Lin, Shuying Chen, Haichao Zhao, Guozheng Ma, Quanxin Shi   +5 more
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