NASA researchers at Kennedy Space Center in Florida are exploring the use of Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) technology to mitigate the hazard of dust for astronauts and spacecraft destined for the Moon or Mars. EDS technology can electrically lift and remove dust from various surfaces, including thermal radiators, solar panels, and camera lenses.
Inside of the Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory at NASA ’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an electrodynamic dust shield is in view on Jan. 18, 2023. The dust shield is one of the payloads to fly aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander as part of NASA ’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.
Unlike dust particles on Earth, dust on the Moon’s surface is sharp and abrasive – like tiny shards of glass – because it hasn’t been exposed to weathering and elements like water and oxygen. Before making it to space, EDS had been predominantly tested in vacuum chambers that produced promising results of removing simulants and samples of lunar regolith, collected during NASA’s Apollo missions, from surfaces within a second. ’ first lunar lander mission, EDS technology was embedded in two lenses of EagleCam, a CubeSat camera system developed by students at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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