Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amy Fritz, a dust-mitigation researcher at Johnson Space Center, pours simulated lunar dust into a bed tray for testing hardware ...

Moon dust could soon become building material, as scientists use microwaves to turn it into solid structures for future lunar ...

A Texas A&M doctoral student is making a big impact on space travel, starting with the journey of Artemis II. Jessica Atkin ...

Moon dust is not a poetic flourish, it is a mission risk that can grind through metal, clog joints, and threaten astronaut lungs. As NASA prepares to send crews back to the lunar surface for longer ...

Future crewed missions to the lunar surface will mark the first return since Apollo, bringing with them a different set of health considerations than those faced in orbit alone. Beyond the hazards of ...

The moon is chock-full of Earth’s history. Elements from our planet’s atmosphere have made their way into moon dust, also called regolith, on a pathway created by the Earth’s magnetic field. These ...

The astronauts were able to catch a full view of the Mare Orientale, a dark, ringed 600-mile wide crater that straddles the ...

A gray powder that looks like ash can become something closer to stone when hit with the right beam of light. Engineers have shown that simulated lunar soil can be melted and layered into solid shapes ...

BOSTON - NASA wants its moon dust and cockroaches back. The space agency has asked Boston-based RR Auction to halt the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that had ...

Sky's Thomas Moore has visited a simulator mimicking the lunar surface to better understand the challenge facing astronauts ...