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Chang’E-5 radar reveals fast regolith production at landing site

Scientific Reports
Lunar regolith is an unconsolidated fine-grained layer overlaying on the entire lunar surface, formed by continuous impact and space weathering processes.
Gang Yu, Yong Pang, Menglong Xu, Yuqi Qian   +3 more
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Online Estimation Method and Verification of Sampling Mass for Lunar Drilling in the Chang’E-6 Mission

Aerospace
The Chang’E-6 lunar mission successfully collected the lunar back surface and subsurface lunar regolith by excavating and drilling and returned the lunar regolith samples to the earth.
Gao Zhang, Lei Guo, Weiwei Zhang, Shengyuan Jiang, Xiangjin Deng, Nai Zhang, Zongquan Deng   +6 more
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Lunar regolith and structure mechanics

, 1991
The topics are presented in viewgraph form and include the following: modeling of regolith-structure interaction in extraterrestrial constructed facilities; densification of lunar soil simulant; and vibration assisted penetration of lunar soil ...
Ko, Hon-Yim, Sture, Stein, Evenson, Kraig A., Nathan, Mark P., Barnes, Frank, Perkins, Steve W., Carter, Tyrone R.   +6 more
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Enhancing Additive Manufacturing of Lunar Regolith Ceramics Through Magnetic Beneficiation [PDF]

Lunar regolith is a potential primary resource for In-situ Fabrication and Repair during future crewed lunar exploration missions. Leveraging lunar regolith for in-situ additive manufacturing enables the rapid production of on-demand items, spare parts ...
Grande, A. M., Isachenkov, M., Sala, G., Pisani, R.   +3 more
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Structural members produced from unrefined lunar regolith, a structural assessment

, 2015
The potential of utilizing lunar regolith as the raw material for manufacturing structural members is very appealing for future exploration of the Moon.

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Characterizing transient thermal interactions between lunar regolith and surface spacecraft

, 2014
We present a new method, its development, implementation, and verification, for calculating the transient thermal interaction between lunar regolith and moving spacecraft travelling across the surface of the Moon.
Hager, P.B.;Klaus, D.M.;Walter, U., Hager, P. B.;Klaus, D. M.;Walter, U.   +1 more
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Analysis of lunar regolith thermal energy storage

, 1991
The concept of using lunar regolith as a thermal energy storage medium was evaluated. The concept was examined by mathematically modeling the absorption and transfer of heat by the lunar regolith. Regolith thermal and physical properties were established
Colozza, Anthony J.
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Preparation of geopolymer for in-situ pavement construction on the moon utilizing minimal additives and human urine in lunar regolith simulant

Frontiers in Materials
Constructing lunar pavements is of great significance for improving the transportation efficiency of materials and personnel transfer at lunar bases. Utilizing lunar regolith for the in-situ preparation of geopolymer is an effective means of supplying ...
Lichong Chen, Tao Wang, Feng Li, Siqi Zhou   +3 more
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Development of Standardized Lunar Regolith Simulant Materials

, 2006
Lunar exploration requires studies using standardized testing procedures. Previous lunar simulants focused on physical aspects of the lunar regolith. Renewed lunar exploration requires standardized lunar regolith simulant (SLRS) materials that simulate ...
Carpenter, P., Wilson, S., Meeker, G., Sibille, L.   +3 more
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Statistical models of lunar rocks and regolith

, 1973
The mathematical, statistical, and computational approaches used in the investigation of the interrelationship of lunar fragmental material, regolith, lunar rocks, and lunar craters are described. The first two phases of the work explored the sensitivity
Marcus, A. H.
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