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Research on a lunar mobile spiral surface-soil sampler

Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2020
This article presents the design of a spiral sampling device to perform lunar soil sampling and packaging, considering the special lunar environment and the physical and mechanical properties of the lunar soil.
Xuyan Hou, Hongwei Guo, Pan Cao, Pingping Xue, Tianfeng Tang, Zongquan Deng   +5 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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Mapping of the lunar surface by average atomic number based on positron annihilation radiation from Chang’e-1

Earth and Planetary Physics, 2018
A map of the average atomic number of lunar rock and soil can be used to differentiate lithology and soil type on the lunar surface. This paper establishes a linear relationship between the average atomic number of lunar rock or soil and the flux of ...
LiangQuan Ge, JianKun Zhao, QingXian Zhang, YaoYao Luo, Yi Gu   +4 more
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Simulation of Drilling Temperature Rise in Frozen Soil of Lunar Polar Region Based on Discrete Element Theory

Aerospace, 2023
As the frozen soil in the South Pole region of the Moon is an important water resource, the operation of drilling and retrieving samples of the frozen soil in this region will be a crucial task for us to accomplish in future deep-space exploration. Thus,
Jinsheng Cui, Le Kui, Weiwei Zhang, Deming Zhao, Jiaqing Chang   +4 more
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Laser melting manufacturing of large elements of lunar regolith simulant for paving on the Moon

Scientific Reports, 2023
The next steps for the expansion of the human presence in the solar system will be taken on the Moon. However, due to the low lunar gravity, the suspended dust generated when lunar rovers move across the lunar soil is a significant risk for lunar ...
Juan-Carlos Ginés-Palomares, Miranda Fateri, Eckehard Kalhöfer, Tim Schubert, Lena Meyer, Nico Kolsch, Monika Brandić Lipińska, Robert Davenport, Barbara Imhof, René Waclavicek, Matthias Sperl, Advenit Makaya, Jens Günster   +12 more
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Plants grown in Apollo lunar regolith present stress-associated transcriptomes that inform prospects for lunar exploration

Communications Biology, 2022
Arabidopsis plants were seeded onto lunar soil samples taken directly from the Apollo 11, 12, and 17 missions. Transcriptomic analyses reveal that plants grown in lunar soil differentially express genes associated with salt, metal, and ROS stress.
Anna-Lisa Paul, Stephen M. Elardo, Robert Ferl   +2 more
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Temperature Prediction of Icy Lunar Soil Sampling Based on the Discrete Element Method

Aerospace
This study is part of the preliminary research for the Chang’e 7 project in China. The Chang’e 7 project plans to drill to penetrate the lunar polar soil and collect lunar soil samples using a spiral groove structure.
Deming Zhao, Tianyi Peng, Weiwei Zhang, He Wang, Jinsheng Cui   +4 more
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An Empirical Model to Estimate Abundance of Nanophase Metallic Iron (npFe⁰) in Lunar Soils

Remote Sensing, 2020
Lunar soils gradually become mature when they are exposed to a space environment, and nanophase metallic iron (npFe0) generates within them. npFe0 significantly changes the optical properties of lunar soils and affects the interpretation of the remotely ...
Dawei Liu, Yuanzhi Zhang, Guangliang Zhang, Bin Liu, Xin Ren, Rui Xu, Chunlai Li   +6 more
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Photocatalytic Water Splitting on the Lunar Surface: Prospects for In Situ Resource Utilization

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Water has been found in craters on the moon nearby locations which are illuminated >80% of the time. Photocatalysis uses energy from sunlight to drive chemical reactions such as water splitting to produce oxygen and hydrogen. It is a scalable technology that requires lighter equipment and utilizes resources available on the moon. ABSTRACT The discovery
Ranjani Kalyan, Thomas D. Small, Gregory F. Metha, Mahmoud Adel Hamza, Thomas J. O'Dea, Yideng Shen, Cameron J. Shearer   +6 more
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Simulated Lunar Soil: Can It Be Organically Modified through Compost Cultivation?

Soil Systems
This study aimed to explore the possibility of improving the fertility of lunar soil through the reuse of resources by composting household waste and collecting composting fermentation broth.
Zhixuan Gong, Jia Wen, Yichen Zhou, Yunbo Zhai, Jinghao Xu   +4 more
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