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Shock-treated Lunar Soil Simulant: Preliminary Assessment as a Construction Material [PDF]

In an effort to examine the feasibility of applying dynamic compaction techniques to fabricate construction materials from lunar regolith, preliminary explosive shock-loading experiments on lunar soil simulants were carried out.
Bernold, Leonhard E., Boslough, Mark B., Horie, Yasuyuki   +2 more
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Automated Additive Construction (AAC) for Earth and Space Using In-situ Resources [PDF]

, 2016
Using Automated Additive Construction (AAC), low-fidelity large-scale compressive structures can be produced out of a wide variety of materials found in the environment.
Ali, Hisham, Andersen, Christian, Burgoyne, Hayden, Chambers, Wesley, Clinton, Raymond, De Kestellier, Xavier, Ebelt, Keye, Gerner, Shai, Hofmann, Douglas, Hogstrom, Kristina, Howe, Scott, Ilves, Erika, Jerves, Alex, Keenan, Ryan, Keravala, Jim, Khoshnevis, Behrokh, Kochmann, Dennis, Lim, Sungwoo, Metzger, Philip, Meza, Lucas, Mueller, Robert P., Nakamura, Takashi, Nelson, Andrew, Partridge, Harry, Pettit, Donald, Pyle, Rod, Reiners, Eric, Shapiro, Andrew, Singer, Russell, Tan, Wei-Lin, Vazquez, Noel, Wilcox, Brian, Zelhofer, Alex   +32 more
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The Efficient Delivery of Highly Siderophile Elements to the Core Creates a Mass Accretion Catastrophe for the Earth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 4, April 2026.
Abstract The excess abundance of highly siderophile elements (HSEs), as inferred for the terrestrial planets and the Moon, is thought to record a “late veneer” of impacts after the giant impact phase of planet formation. Estimates for total mass accretion during this period typically assume all HSEs delivered remain entrained in the mantle.
Richard J. Anslow, Maylis Landeau, Amy Bonsor, Jonathan Itcovitz, Oliver Shorttle   +4 more
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Evaluating the Depth–Age Hypothesis for the Evolution of the Lunar Regolith

The Planetary Science Journal
Lunar regolith is the fractured rock layer covering most of the lunar surface. This rock is fractured into regolith primarily by repeated meteorite impacts over eons.
Gwendolyn D. Bart
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Analysis of lunar regolith thermal energy storage [PDF]

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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Evaluating Seismic Ambient Noise Techniques for Imaging Lava Tubes on the Moon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 4, April 2026.
Abstract Detecting and characterizing lava tubes is a key objective of upcoming lunar missions. While evidence for their presence exists, their precise dimensions and depths remain uncertain. This study evaluates the potential of seismic ambient noise methods, such as seismic interferometry, H/V spectral ratios, distributed acoustic sensing (DAS), and ...
Sabrina Keil, Rok Sesko, Martin Schimmel, Heiner Igel, Philipp Reiss   +4 more
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Sintering lunar regolith pellets: a comparison of four samples from Apollo 11, 15, and 16

Materials Today Advances
Lunar regolith sintering is proposed as a technique to produce consolidated objects on the lunar surface from locally sourced materials. Understanding the sintering behaviour of real lunar regolith is necessary to optimise this process, however, due to ...
Bethany A. Lomax, Gabin Charpentier, Arnaud Nizet, Alexander Rützler, Alice Suarez Kahan, Francesca McDonald, Robert Lindner, James D. Carpenter   +7 more
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Conceptual design of equipment to excavate and transport regolith from the lunar maria [PDF]

NASA hopes to have a manned lunar outpost completed by 2005. In order to establish the base, regolith must be excavated from the lunar surface. Regolith will be used as a source for life-supporting elements and as radiation shielding for the lunar ...
Detwiler, Mark, Foong, Chee Seng, Stocklin, Catherine   +2 more
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Solar Activity Dependence of the Dayside Lunar Surface Potential in the Terrestrial Magnetotail

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 5, 16 March 2026.
Abstract On the dayside of the Moon, the surface potential is primarily determined by (a) photoelectron emission by solar radiation and (b) the ambient plasma environment. Both of these drivers have large variability, but the resulting variability of the lunar surface potential has not been fully characterized yet.
Masahisa Kato, Yuki Harada, Shaosui Xu, Andrew Poppe, Jasper S. Halekas   +4 more
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Planetary Soil Simulant Characterisation: NU-LHT-2M Study Case to Support Oxygen Extraction Lab Tests with a Low-Temperature Carbothermal Process

Aerospace
Since the landing on the lunar surface, the lunar regolith has begun to interact in different ways with landed elements, such as the wheels of a rover, astronaut suits, drills, and plants for extracting oxygen or manufacturing objects.
Giovanni Zanotti, Ivan Troisi, Alice Dottori, Michèle Roberta Lavagna   +3 more
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