How Perseverance Is Testing Spacesuit Materials Against Martian Dust
NASA's Perseverance rover carries spacesuit material samples. Over 1,645 Martian days, it measured fine and ultrafine dust on them. The results were published on 27 October 2026 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They might guide spacesuit and home design, dust cleaning and crew health rules for future Mars missions. Katie Stack Morgan is the project scientist…
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