ESA uses terrestrial rocks to recreate the Moon’s surface

Two state-of-the-art ESA facilities are working closely to develop a simulated lunar environment that will serve as a proving ground for future exploration technologies.

As part of this ambitious project, a group of ESA experts recently travelled to a mine in Greenland – which is operated by Lumina Sustainable Materials – to kick off a collaboration that will result in the provision of terrestrial rock samples with similar properties to material found on the Moon. 

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