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A team of Caltech undergraduates participating in NASA’s 2021 Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge has earned the award for

Date Time Student-Led Moon Dust Shield Team Named Finalist in NASA Competition Moon dust, the fine, fluffy powder covering the moon, is the stuff of imagination, the subject of scientific inquiry, and potential building block for lunar colonies. It is also a menace to exploration. As astronauts walk across the moon, land spacecraft on its surface, drive lunar rovers around, or complete other astronaut tasks, they kick up the dust, and that is a problem because it can cause premature wear on mec...