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Set on a new planet, Subnautica 2 will support single-player and co-op gameplay with a total of up to four players, the first time multiplayer gameplay is present in the series. [1] A cinematic trailer showed a new vehicle, new creatures and environments and hinted at the introduction of a current mechanic that can drag the player to another ...
Lunar regolith sample collected by China's Chang'e 5 mission displayed at Airshow China 2021. On 16 December 2020, China's Chang'e 5 mission returned to Earth with about 2 kilograms of rock and dirt it picked up from the Moon. It is the first lunar regolith sample to return to Earth since 1976.
Regolith (/ ˈ r ɛ ɡ ə l ɪ θ /) [1] [2] is a blanket of unconsolidated, loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering solid rock. It includes dust , broken rocks, and other related materials and is present on Earth , the Moon , Mars , some asteroids , and other terrestrial planets and moons .
Luckily, the lunar regolith is full of metal oxides. But while the science of extracting oxygen from metal oxides, for example, is well understood on Earth, doing this on the moon is much harder.
The lunar soil is composed of a blend of silica and iron-containing compounds that may be fused into a glass-like solid using microwave radiation. [92] [93] The European Space Agency working in 2013 with an independent architectural firm, tested a 3D-printed structure that could be constructed of lunar regolith for use as a Moon base.
The thickness of the lunar regolith varies between 2 meters (6.6 ft) beneath the younger maria, to up to 20 meters (66 ft) beneath the oldest surfaces of the lunar highlands. The regolith is predominantly composed of materials found in the region, but also contains traces of materials ejected by distant impact craters.
Deep space analog research in isolation (regolith simulant) Mt. Etna, Sicily, Italy Location of Mt. Etna, Italy. 37.73,15.01 - 37.76, 14.99 (larger area) Volcanic analogue site with fresh volcanic soils, lava flows, and pristine environments. ESA and DLR have tested several rovers and robotic operations here. Moon. Soils, rocks, volcanoclastics ...
The high bay was furnished with a lunar soil testing facility, [14] [15] the "Big Bin", which is thought to be the world's largest indoor, climate controlled lunar regolith chamber [16] and contains 120 tons of BP-1 simulated lunar soil. [17]