13 December 2019
NASA selects Nightingale site for asteroid sample collection
... in a northern crater 230 feet (70 meters) wide. Nightingale’s regolith – or rocky surface material – is dark, and images show ...crater also is thought to be relatively young, and the regolith is freshly exposed. This means the site would likely allow...
December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
... surface. Contact pads allow the collection of surface regolith that provides geological/geographical context samples in addition to...embedded in the asteroid and minerals located in its regolith. Initial EVAs are envisioned to two different locations ...
March 2016
Searching for water in the Solar System
... may be common in the outer main belt but is rarely observed because it is protected from rapid sublimation by an insulating regolith layer. And that ice can be excavated by small impacts, which are believed to happen with a frequency of about...
April 2017
Surviving radiation for space colonisation
...but is emitted by the sun and is present on the Moon in the regolith. The Sun generates a lot of this type of particle from its fusion...likely have to be buried under about 800 cm of regolith to offer sufficient long-term protection. How long this will...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
.... Shielding against SPE radiation, due to its relatively lower energy, can be achieved with existing technology. Aluminium or regolith (Martian soil) could be used to protect habitats on the Martian surface; the use of caves as habitats that reach...
January 2019
Materials make the space mission
...domes are covered with a layer of 3D-printed lunar regolith by robots to help protect the occupants against space ...a 1.5 tonne building block has been printed using simulated lunar regolith. Up in orbit, 3D printers for polymers are already present...
