{"id":538,"date":"2025-12-10T03:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T02:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/nasa-begins-moon-mission-plume-surface-interaction-tests\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:46:00","slug":"nasa-begins-moon-mission-plume-surface-interaction-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/100blogs.ovh\/36\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/nasa-begins-moon-mission-plume-surface-interaction-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Begins Moon Mission Plume-Surface Interaction Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Views of the 60-foot vacuum sphere in the which the plume-surface interaction testing is happening.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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In March, NASA researchers employed a new camera system to capture data imagery of the interaction between Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission-1 lander\u2019s engine plumes and the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Through NASA\u2019s Artemis campaign, this data will help researchers understand the hazards that may occur when a lander\u2019s engine plumes blast away at the lunar dust, soil, and rocks.<\/p>\n

The data also will be used by NASA\u2019s commercial partners as they develop their human landing systems to safely transport astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon\u2019s surface and back, beginning with Artemis III.<\/p>\n

To better understand the science of lunar landings, a team at NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, has initiated a series of plume-surface interaction tests inside a massive 60-foot spherical vacuum chamber.<\/p>\n

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This plume-surface interaction ground test is the most complex test of its kind to be undertaken in a vacuum chamber<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Ashley Korzun<\/p>\n

PSI Testing Lead at NASA Langley<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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