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Lawrence KS (SPX) Dec 11, 2023 - Human beings first disturbed moon dust on Sept. 13, 1959, when the USSRs unmanned spacecraft Luna 2 alighted on the lunar surface. In the following decades, more than a hundred other spacecraft hav

The Moon is no longer pristine.

Justin Holcomb (Courtesy photo) By KU News ServiceLAWRENCE — As a new

A newly proposed scientific subfield, planetary geoarchaeology, could help humans preserve the record of exploration on the Moon and Mars.

Scientists advocate for a new field of geoarcheology to record the history of space exploration and beyond

Lawrence KS (SPX) Jul 21, 2023 - As a new space race heats up, two researchers from the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas and their colleagues have proposed a new scientific subfield: planetary geoarchaeology, th

The material record that currently exists on the moon is rapidly becoming at risk of being destroyed if proper attention isn’t paid during the new space era, scientists say. They propose a new scientific subfield: planetary geoarchaeology, the study of how cultural and natural processes on Earth’s moon, on Mars and across the solar system may be altering, preserving or destroying the material record of space exploration.

Kansas Geological Survey map honored at 2022 Esri International User Conference

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