{"id":131967,"date":"2022-10-25T09:57:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967//?p=131967"},"modified":"2023-06-23T13:43:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T17:43:26","slug":"ucf-researchers-create-lunar-regolith-bricks-that-could-be-used-to-construct-artemis-base-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967//ucf-researchers-create-lunar-regolith-bricks-that-could-be-used-to-construct-artemis-base-camp/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967//","title":{"rendered":"Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ Researchers Create Lunar Regolith Bricks That Could Be Used to Construct Artemis Base Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967/u2019s Artemis program to establish a long-term presence on the moon, it aims to build an Artemis base camp that includes a modern lunar cabin, rover and mobile home. This fixed habitat could potentially be constructed with bricks made of lunar regolith and saltwater, thanks to a recent discovery from a team of Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ researchers./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967/n

Associate Professor Ranajay Ghosh of Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967/u2019s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and his research group found that 3D-printed bricks of lunar regolith can withstand the extreme environments of space and are a good candidate for cosmic construction projects. Lunar regolith is the loose dust, rocks and materials that cover the moon/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967/u2019s surface./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967/n

The results of their experiments are detailed in a recent issue of Ceramics International and were also featured in New Scientist magazine prior to publication./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967/u201cIt is always an honor to be able to publish our work in a prestigious journal such as Ceramics International, and we are quite delighted that New Scientist picked our research to publish in their magazine,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967/u201d Ghosh says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967/u201cConsidering Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967/u2019s special place as a space grant university, we feel privileged to contribute to the great tradition of scientific knowledge./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967/n

To create the bricks, Ghosh/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967/u2019s team in the Complex Structures and Mechanics of Solids (COSMOS) Lab used a combination of 3D printing and binder jet technology (BJT), an additive manufacturing method that forces out a liquid binding agent onto a bed of powder. In Ghosh/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967/u2019s experiments, the binding agent was saltwater, and the powder was regolith made by Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967/u2019s Exolith Lab./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131967/n