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Manure Amendments Improve Plant Growth and Productivity in Lunar Regolith Simulant

Space: Science & Technology
Plant cultivation on the Moon has garnered global scientific and engineering interest for its potential to support long-term human exploration and habitation.
Yu Chen Wang, Charles Wang Wai Ng, Wen Hui Yan, Trishia Liezl Dela Cruz   +3 more
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Oxychlorine Species on Mars: A Review

Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 63, Issue 4, December 2025.
Abstract Oxychlorine species (mainly perchlorate and chlorate) have been identified at multiple locations on the surface of Mars by both orbiter and in situ rovers. They have also been found in martian meteorites. Cl‐isotopes in meteoritic minerals suggest that an oxychlorine cycle has been operating on the martian surface for the last ∼4 billion years.
Kaushik Mitra
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Turning earthworms into moonworms: Earthworms colonization of lunar regolith as a bioengineering approach supporting future crop growth in space

Heliyon, 2023
The earthworms beneficial effects on soils may be promising to improve lunar soil fertility, enabling the use of local substrates for space farming. Herein, we investigated the effects of the lunar regolith simulant (LHS-1) at different concentrations in
Donato Romano, Adriano Di Giovanni, Chiara Pucciariello, Cesare Stefanini   +3 more
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Estimation of energy and material use of sintering-based construction for a lunar outpost - with the example of SinterHab module design [PDF]

, 2015
In this paper, we would revisit the usability of microwave for lunar regolith sintering through an in-depth experiment, and examine the minimum materials and energy required for sintering based on the SinterHab design.
Anand, M., Lim, S., Rousek, T.
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Microwave Extraction of Water from Lunar Regolith Simulant [PDF]

AIP Conference Proceedings, 2007
Nearly a decade ago the DOD Clementine lunar orbital mission obtained data indicating that the permanently shaded regions at the lunar poles may have permanently frozen water in the lunar soil. Currently NASA's Robotic Lunar Exploration Program, RLEP-2, is planned to land at the lunar pole to determine if water is present.
Edwin Ethridge, William Kaukler
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The Influence of Space Weathering on the Far‐Ultraviolet Reflectance of Apollo‐Era Soils

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 130, Issue 12, December 2025.
Abstract Building on our previous studies of the far‐ultraviolet (FUV) reflectance of Apollo soil 10084 and lunar soil simulants JSC‐1A and LMS‐1 (Gimar et al., 2022, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022je007508; Raut et al., 2018, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018je005567), we present new FUV results for Apollo soils 68501 and 71061. Heavily weathered soils (68501,
C. J. Gimar, U. Raut, A. Stevanovic, L. C. Mayorga, S. Protopapa, B. D. Byron, K. D. Retherford, T. K. Greathouse, M. J. Poston, J. T. S. Cahill, D. N. Qasim   +10 more
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Morphological and Spectral Characterization of Lunar Regolith Breakdown due to Water Ice

The Planetary Science Journal
Remote sensing observations of the Moon suggest that the lunar polar regolith environment is affected by several natural processes that may cause the regolith in these regions to become more porous and fine particulate.
A. Shackelford, K. L. Donaldson Hanna, M. Horton, D. Noce   +3 more
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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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VELOX – A Demonstration Facilility for Lunar Oxygen Extraction in a Laboratory Environment [PDF]

, 2010
The ultimate goal of a permanent human presence on the Moon is discussed intensively within the global lunar community. Obviously, such an effort poses stringent demands not only on the technology but also on logistics, especially considering the ...
Braukhane, A., Kreutz, M., Ksenik, E., Richter, L., Romberg, O.   +4 more
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A Comprehensive Review of Additive Manufacturing for Space Applications: Materials, Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions

Advanced Engineering Materials, Volume 27, Issue 22, November 2025.
Additive manufacturing (AM) transforms space hardware by enabling lightweight, high‐performance, and on‐demand production. This review outlines AM processes—powder bed fusion (PBF), directed energy deposition (DED), binder jetting (BJ), sheet lamination (SL), and material extrusion (ME)—applied to propulsion, satellite structures, and thermal devices ...
Stelios K. Georgantzinos, Eleni Papadopoulou, Grigorios Kostopoulos, Stefanos Voulgaris, Alexandra Tseni, Panteleimon Bakalis, Maria Gkara, Chara C. Mitropoulou, Nikos D. Lagaros   +8 more
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