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Lunar Regolith Properties: Composition, Particle Size, Density & Engineering Behavior

The lunar surface may look like a simple layer of gray dust, but lunar regolith is a complex granular material whose physical, mechanical, mineralogical, and thermal properties directly affect how humans and machines will operate on the Moon. For engineers developing...

Why the REGONAUTS Martian Farmer Kit is the Ultimate STEM Mission

It is a familiar weekend battle for parents everywhere: prying the tablet out of your child’s hands to get them to engage with the real world. We have all been there, searching for that elusive activity that is both educational...

Don’t Risk Your Lunar Mission: Test with Bulk LHS-1 Simulant

Testing your precision hardware in generic sandbox dirt simply is not an option when a billion-dollar lunar mission is on the line. In the world of aerospace engineering and planetary science, off-world failure carries catastrophic costs. That is precisely why...

Building Better Test Beds: Why Simulant Depth and Geometry Matter More Than You Think

Building Better Test Beds: Why Simulant Depth and Geometry Matter More Than You Think Every lunar rover wheel, ISRU excavator scoop, and regolith-moving robotic arm eventually has to prove itself somewhere before it ever leaves Earth. That "somewhere" is a...

How the Astro Farmer Lunar STEM Kit is Turning Kids into Space Researchers (And Slashing Screen Time!)

Getting kids to trade their tablets for a science project is a notorious modern parenting struggle. But what if you did not have to force them? What if, instead of asking them to do ‘homework,’ you recruited them for a...