The Lunar Dust Adhesion Bell Jar has been assembled at the NASA Glenn Research Center to provide a high fidelity lunar simulation facility to test the interactions of lunar dust and lunar dust simulant with candidate aerospace materials and coatings. It has a sophisticated design which enables it to treat dust in a way that will remove adsorbed gases and create a chemically reactive surface. It can simulate the vacuum, thermal, and radiation environments of the Moon, including proximate areas of illuminated heat and extremely cold shadow. It is expected to be a valuable tool in the development of dust repellant and cleaning technologies for lunar surface systems.
Lunar Simulation in the Lunar Dust Adhesion Bell Jar
45th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit ; 2007 ; Reno, NV, United States
2007-06-14
Conference paper
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English
Lunar Simulation in the Lunar Dust Adhesion Bell Jar
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