lunar dust
NASA Announces ‘Take the Plunge’ Contest – Guess when LADEE Hits the Moon – Soon!
You can enter NASA’s ‘Take the Plunge’ contest and guess LADEE’s impending lunar impact date, expected on or before April…
Low-Flying Moon Probe Spies Craters And Mountains While Seeking Stars
While NASA's newest lunar probe was tracking the stars, it also captured the moon! This series of star tracker images…
NASA Extends LADEE Dust Explorer for Bonus Lunar Science
Depiction of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) observatory as it approaches lunar orbit.Credit: NASA Ames/Dana Berry LADEE…
Human Lunar Missions Would Be Threatened By Dust Pileups: Study
Dust on the moon accumulates at a rate 10 times faster than previously believed, which could make it difficult for…
LADEE Lunar Probe Unveiled at NASA’s Wallops Launch Site in Virginia
NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Observatory has arrived at the launch site on the Eastern Shore of…
Moon Dust Could ‘Engulf’ Lunar Rovers — Especially During Sunrise and Sunset
That video above is perhaps the ultimate off-roading adventure: taking a rover out for a spin on the moon. Look…
The Moon Is Toxic
As our closest neighbor in space, a time-capsule of planetary evolution and the only world outside of Earth that humans…