Lunar Grounding Challenge

October 6, 2026 · 6:22 pm 1 sources

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• Lunar Grounding Challenge
  NASA · October 6, 2026 18:22
  As an astronaut traverses the lunar South Pole, tribocharging from walking on the lunar surface and plasma charging from the ambient plasma generate electric charge on the spacesuit. This problem is severely compounded when entering lunar shadows and Permanently Shadowed Regions (PSRs). In these…