Recently, the NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate solicited feedback to prioritize shortfalls, which were defined as technology areas needed to enable future exploration missions. Lunar dust mitigation emerged as a critical area and is cross-cutting with many of the highest ranked shortfalls with passive dust mitigation technologies being directly ranked in the top 50. Hazards associated with lunar dust are ubiquitous across all aspects of long duration lunar surface missions, whether crewed or robotic, due to the abrasive, electrostatically charged, and chemically reactive properties of lunar dust. Compounding the issue, lunar dust moves across the lunar surface due to levitation, twilight craters, and plume-surface interactions, which can result in particle velocities exceeding 1 km/h. To address lunar dust challenges, NASA is developing active and passive adhesion mitigation technologies to address specific mission needs, including electrodynamic dust screens, piezoelectric materials, biomimetic engineered surfaces, among many others. Additionally, abrasion-resistant materials are being evaluated for applications for use near landing sites and in surface manipulation and excavation equipment. These approaches, as well as test methodologies both in the laboratory and on the lunar surface to evaluate technology efficacy, will be described.


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    Title :

    Strategies Toward Lunar Dust Adhesion Mitigation


    Contributors:
    C. J. Wohl (author)

    Publication date :

    2025


    Size :

    50 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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