Lunar dust can damage spacesuits, machinery, and equipment.
In a quest to expand human settlement to theand beyond, NASA and industry partners are developing landing systems to take astronauts from orbit to the lunar surface with its mission Artemis. However, a small but pertinent issue of excessive dust on the surface is posing a considerable challenge for fulfilling such explorations.Lunar dust, which consists of minute particles, can affect spacesuits, machinery, and equipment, causing damage in the long run.
for students, through its Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-changing challenge in 2020 for solutions to the same issue.mission plans to land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, opening a pathway for a long-term, sustainable lunar presence and future missions to Mars.As the surface of the moon is covered with a granular, rocky material called regolith, it can be flung into the air during the landing and liftoff of various space vehicles.
NASA has indicated that ideas should focus on the "development of dust shields, creating flight instrumentation dedicated to managing plume surface interactions, finding ways to see through the dust cloud during landing, or tracking dust during ascent and descent."
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