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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Samantha Masunaga

NASA's going back to the moon and must confront a familiar enemy: Dust

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The moon is incredibly hot, and also incredibly cold.

There's radiation. A thin atmosphere. No air to breathe.

If NASA ever establishes a lunar base — a long-term project advanced Wednesday with the launch of Artemis I — it will have to confront these challenges to human habitation.

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