Sentences with phrase «from lunar dust»

They want to find out if contour - crafting technology could erect buildings on the moon from lunar dust.

Not exact matches

Our third expedition will bring back samples of lunar dust and rocks that everyone can own, providing scientists with a new source of lunar materials for research, and making these treasures from the Moon available to collectors and commercial purposes.

Scientists called the dust lunar regolith, from the Greek rhegos for «blanket» and lithos for «stone.»

WHY: To measure the density and composition of lunar dust and see how it varies from month to month WHEN: May 1, 2012

NASA»S Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has spied a new crater on the lunar surface; one made from the impact of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) misLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has spied a new crater on the lunar surface; one made from the impact of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mislunar surface; one made from the impact of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) misLunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission.

LADEE is (the name is short for Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer andpronounced «laddie») is an 844 - pound (383 kilograms) spacecraft that launched from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Sept. 7 and arrived in orbit around the moon last month.