DCU lab samples to be launched to the moon

• Published date: 01 December 2022

The samples were produced in the DCU School of Chemical Sciences. They were affixed to the wheel of the Rashid Lunar Rover which is travelling with the Japanese-led HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander, the first spacecraft of its type funded and built by a private firm

The lander will be aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket scheduled for 8.39am Irish time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

The aim of the mission is to study the adhesion of moon dust on to different surfaces using a high-resolution camera to gain an understanding on how it can be reduced.

Moon dust is very sharp, dry and fine, and...