NASA MSFC Lunar Surface Simulator (LSS): A Facility for Lunar Relevant Environment Testing
NASA MSFC Lunar Surface Simulator (LSS): A Facility for Lunar Relevant Environment Testing
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NASA will resume crewed visits to the lunar surface beginning in the mid-2020s. Environmental testing is essential to developing and validating the hardware that will enable a sustained presence on the lunar surface. Lunar dust is one of the most pressing challenges that threatens the longevity of mechanical systems as well as the health of astronauts living and working on the Moon. Facilities that allow large pieces of hardware to be exposed to both lunar dust and the temperature and vacuum of the lunar environment are invaluable to the agency as well as to the broader community of international, academic, and industry partners with which the agency collaborates. Marshall Space Flight Center has outfitted one of its largest thermal vacuum chambers with regolith simulant beds to create the Lunar Surface Simulator (LSS).
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NASA MSFC Lunar Surface Simulator (LSS): A Facility for Lunar Relevant Environment Testing
Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) Fall Meeting ; 2022 ; El Paso, TX, US
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Lunar surface , Engineering (General) , LSS , Lunar environmental testing , Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance , Relevant environment testing , Dirty TVAC , Lunar regolith simulant , TVAC , Regolith , Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration , Vacuum chamber , Lunar dust , V20 , Regolith stimulant , Regolith bed , Dirty vacuum chamber , Lunar surface simulator
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