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Julian Dossett

NASA proves its electric moon dust shield works on the lunar surface

Image of shadow of blue ghost lander on moon, with earth in the background.

New shielding technology from NASA that protects against damaging lunar dust just passed a trial run on the moon's surface, marking an important milestone in the agency's lunar aspirations.

The Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) flew aboard Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost, the first privately funded lunar lander to make a fully successful touchdown on the moon.

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