Setting up a future lunar base could be made much simpler by using a 3D printer to build it from local materials. Industrial partners including renowned architects Foster+Partners joined ESA to test the feasibility of 3D printing using lunar soil. Credit:
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From human waste to superplasticizer, astronaut urine could become a useful resource for making a robust type of concrete on the Moon.
A recent ESA research showed that urea, the main organic compound found in our urine, would make the mixture for lunar concrete more malleable before hardening into a final, sturdy shape for future lunar habitats.
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See the Full Flower Moon, last supermoon of 2020, bloom in these stunning photos - News Info Park
May’s full moon, also known as the “Flower Moon,” dazzled skywatchers yesterday (May 7) as it lit up the spring night sky.
Earlier this week (May 5), the moon reached perigee, or the point in its object where it is closest to Earth, which made it appear even bigger and brighter in the sky. Because perigee was only two days before the full moon, NASA considers it a “ supermoon .” it refers to the fact that the full moon can appear up 7% bigger and 15% brighter than usual when the moon is slightly closer to Earth.
Lunar Flashlight to seek ice on the moon | Space | EarthSky
Future astronauts on the moon will need to have water, and now NASA has designed a new CubeSat spacecraft to search for ice in lunar craters using laser beams.
NASA is moving forward with its Artemis program , whose goal is to land the first woman and next man at the moon’s south pole by 2024. See this April 2020 report . When humans return to the moon this time, they’ll likely stay longer than their Apollo counterparts in the late 1960s and ’70s; the record stay during the Apollo missions was about 75 hours.
The moon isn't 'dead': Ridges on lunar surface show signs of recent tectonic
The full moon as seen from the Earth, with the Ocean of Storms (Oceanus Procellarum) border structures superimposed in red. Scientists now think this huge feature on the moon was formed by lunar lava early in the moon’s formation, and not a cataclysmic impact. New research shows that there could could be active tectonic systems on the moon today.
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While ridges with exposed bedrock have been seen before, they could be explained by evidence showing that lava once flowed there, its weight and movement creating the ridges, Schultz added. But in this new study, ridges have been found that can’t be explained by ancient volcanic activity and seem to be related to more recent tectonic activity. “The distribution that we found here begs for a different explanation,” he said.
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Russia wants to land 3 next-generation Luna spacecraft on the moon by 2025 | Space
Russia hasn't been to the moon since 1976, but the country hopes to soon pick up where it left off.
The nation has a suite of three moon missions planned for the first half of this decade, and Vladimir Kolmykov, head of the Lavochkin Scientific and Production Association, the segment of Russian space agency Roscosmos that oversees interplanetary robots, recently spoke about the program's current state.
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According to a conversion with Kolmykov posted to the Roscosmos website on April 14, the Luna-25 spacecraft should be completed next March and the space agency is currently targeting a launch date of Oct. 1, 2021. (ESA is contributing a video camera and ground-station support for the mission, he noted.)
RETH is figuring out how to build smart moon habitats integrated with AI
As we approach the age of Artemis , there is a question that looms over the next decade. Could future astronauts really be hanging out on the moon just like they float around on the ISS for months at a time right now?
Shirley Dyke thinks so. As the head of Purdue University's RETH (Resilient ExtraTerrestrial Habitats) Institute , she and her team are collaborating with NASA pursuing an interdisciplinary approach to lunar habitats. Because there is no shortage of potential hazards on the moon, she puts habitat concepts through physical cyber testing , a kind of virtual reality for seeing how well a structure would survive getting radiation-bombed or pelted by meteoroids.
Astronaut-led video tour reveals details in 'For All Mankind' moon base | Space
Former NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, who logged more than 90 of his 107 days in space on board the International Space Station, hosts the virtual tour of Jamestown moon base , or rather the set for such, that was featured in the first season of the alternate Apollo history drama "For All Mankind." Reisman, who also worked for and now serves as a senior advisor to SpaceX , was a technical consultant for the Apple TV+ series, which was created and written by Ronald D.
"Mankind has always been fascinated by the moon and traveling there was one of humanity's greatest achievements. But what if landing on the moon was just a beginning?" says Reisman as the four-and-a-half-minute video begins. "Welcome to Jamestown, 1974."
Full Moon 2020: Does a Full Moon affect humans? | Science | News | Express.co.uk
Full Moons are believed by many affect our sleep and our mood but they are also associated with the paranormal - ghosts and werewolves. The Moon's supposed influence has also affected our language, with the words lunacy and lunatic originating in the Latin word for Moon, luna. With the next Full Moon rising tonight (Thursday, May 7), is there any truth behind these myths?
And by the 16th century, the Moon's position was tracked by physicians to determine how it would affect their patients.
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