This NASA gear may be the first to survive the brutal lunar night

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NASA testing the LEMS seismometer instrument in moon soil

On the moon, not much can survive the arctic plunge of nightfall, where temperatures can dip to -330 degrees Fahrenheit for the two-week stretch of darkness each month.

As more nations and private space companies attempt uncrewed moon landings, the dangers of lunar exploration have come into sharp focus. Even robotic missions that survive touchdown face another major threat: the brutal cold of the lunar night. Few landers and rovers ever wake after enduring the deep freeze. At cryo...

Source: https://mashable.com/article/nasa-moon-artemis-lunar-night-survival-lems-payload

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