Mission to advance planetary science
As the mission progresses, NASA’s instruments will conduct tests and demonstrations of technologies for lunar subsurface drilling, regolith sample collection, satellite-based navigation, radiation-tolerant computing, and lunar dust mitigation. The data gathered will provide valuable insights into how space weather and cosmic forces influence Earth, advancing planetary science.
As payload operations near their end, teams will work to capture imagery of the lunar sunset and study how lunar dust reacts to solar influences during the dusk period, a phenomenon initially observed by Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan. After the sunset, the lander will continue functioning for several hours into the lunar night.
“Blue Ghost’s successful Moon landing has laid the groundwork for the future of commercial exploration across cislunar space. We’re now looking forward to more than 14 days of surface operations to unlock even more science data that will have a substantial impact on future missions to the moon and Mars,” said Jason Kim, CEO of Firefly Aerospace.
A second lander, a tall and slender 15-foot vehicle built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, is scheduled to land on the Moon this Thursday. It aims to land just 100 miles from the south pole, bringing it closer than the company’s first lander last year, which broke a leg and tipped over.
A third lander, from the Japanese company ispace, is still about three months away from landing. It took off alongside Blue Ghost from Cape Canaveral on January 15 but is on a longer, more winding route. Like Intuitive Machines, ispace is attempting its second moon landing after its first lander crashed in 2023.
“They were under the water! Roman era walls and rooms discovered in Lake Fusaro. Maybe they belonged to a lavish mansion,” said Josi Gerardo Della Ragione.
“The Roman environments will be the subject of further studies by the Sopritendenza. They are located not too far from the Grotte dell’Acqua and make the presence of a luxurious villa with thermal environments. Bacoli continues to be full of wonders, promoting cultural tourist tours unique in the world,” added Ragione.
The city of Naples in the south of Italy, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, was originally Greek. It even traces its origins back to the siren that attempted to lure Odysseus in Homer’s The Odyssey.
With a history so old, it’s mythological, most familiar with Naples would remember the ancient town is situated on the volcanically active and eruptive Phlegraean fields.
In the age of the Roman Empire, the Roman elite built mansions, or villas, around Lake Fusaro because of its hot springs and favorable weather. And it appears due to the same phenomenon that they sunk only to rise again due to an unusual amount of seismic activity.
A kinky resort?
Since 2005, the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology has reported a remarkable rapid incline of up to 4.5 feet in landmass. In short, the seabed lifts, and the shoreline recedes, damaging ports.
The good news is that a Roman villa has surfaced. As to what the function of the complex might be, the ancient Roman town of Bacoli used to be a popular resort, as Naples is known for its caves along the shore, where Romans would relax and vacation, Anatolian Archaeology explains.
Not on Lake Fusaro. That camp was known for its “hedonistic lifestyle,” described by the poet Sextus Propertius as “a vortex of luxury and harbor of vice.”
Addressing challenges in lithium extraction
Lithium, a lightweight alkali metal, is a critical component in the batteries that power electric vehicles, smartphones, and other electronic devices.
However, traditional lithium extraction methods often struggle with ion selectivity, particularly when separating lithium from similar ions like magnesium and sodium.
Current methods also rely heavily on environmentally damaging practices like evaporation ponds and chemical purification.
The Rice team’s innovation bypasses these challenges.
Unlike conventional nanoporous membranes that rely on hydrated pores, SSEs utilize an anhydrous “hopping” mechanism within a crystalline lattice to transport lithium ions.
“This means that lithium ions can migrate through the membrane while other competing ions, and even water, are effectively blocked,” explained Sohum Patel, the study’s first author.
“The extreme selectivity offered by our SSE-based approach makes it a highly efficient method for lithium harvesting as energy is only expanded towards moving the desired lithium ions across the membrane.”
Experimental results show improvements
In experiments using an electrodialysis setup, the SSE membrane demonstrated near-perfect lithium selectivity, even in high concentrations of competing ions.
Notably, no other ions were detected in the product stream, which is a feat that conventional membrane technologies could not achieve.
Through computational and experimental analysis, the researchers discovered that the rigid, tightly packed crystalline lattice of the SSE acts as a “molecular sieve.”
“This could significantly lower the environmental footprint of lithium production while making the process more efficient.”
The team also believes that the principles of ion selectivity demonstrated by SSEs could be applied to the extraction of other critical elements from water sources.
“This could open the door to a new class of membrane materials for resource recovery,” concluded Elimelech.
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Mission to advance planetary science
As the mission progresses, NASA’s instruments will conduct tests and demonstrations of technologies for lunar subsurface drilling, regolith sample collection, satellite-based navigation, radiation-tolerant computing, and lunar dust mitigation. The data gathered will provide valuable insights into how space weather and cosmic forces influence Earth, advancing planetary science.
As payload operations near their end, teams will work to capture imagery of the lunar sunset and study how lunar dust reacts to solar influences during the dusk period, a phenomenon initially observed by Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan. After the sunset, the lander will continue functioning for several hours into the lunar night.
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“Blue Ghost’s successful Moon landing has laid the groundwork for the future of commercial exploration across cislunar space. We’re now looking forward to more than 14 days of surface operations to unlock even more science data that will have a substantial impact on future missions to the moon and Mars,” said Jason Kim, CEO of Firefly Aerospace.
A second lander, a tall and slender 15-foot vehicle built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, is scheduled to land on the Moon this Thursday. It aims to land just 100 miles from the south pole, bringing it closer than the company’s first lander last year, which broke a leg and tipped over.
A third lander, from the Japanese company ispace, is still about three months away from landing. It took off alongside Blue Ghost from Cape Canaveral on January 15 but is on a longer, more winding route. Like Intuitive Machines, ispace is attempting its second moon landing after its first lander crashed in 2023.
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“They were under the water! Roman era walls and rooms discovered in Lake Fusaro. Maybe they belonged to a lavish mansion,” said Josi Gerardo Della Ragione.
“The Roman environments will be the subject of further studies by the Sopritendenza. They are located not too far from the Grotte dell’Acqua and make the presence of a luxurious villa with thermal environments. Bacoli continues to be full of wonders, promoting cultural tourist tours unique in the world,” added Ragione.
The city of Naples in the south of Italy, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, was originally Greek. It even traces its origins back to the siren that attempted to lure Odysseus in Homer’s The Odyssey.
With a history so old, it’s mythological, most familiar with Naples would remember the ancient town is situated on the volcanically active and eruptive Phlegraean fields.
In the age of the Roman Empire, the Roman elite built mansions, or villas, around Lake Fusaro because of its hot springs and favorable weather. And it appears due to the same phenomenon that they sunk only to rise again due to an unusual amount of seismic activity.
A kinky resort?
Since 2005, the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology has reported a remarkable rapid incline of up to 4.5 feet in landmass. In short, the seabed lifts, and the shoreline recedes, damaging ports.
The good news is that a Roman villa has surfaced. As to what the function of the complex might be, the ancient Roman town of Bacoli used to be a popular resort, as Naples is known for its caves along the shore, where Romans would relax and vacation, Anatolian Archaeology explains.
Not on Lake Fusaro. That camp was known for its “hedonistic lifestyle,” described by the poet Sextus Propertius as “a vortex of luxury and harbor of vice.”
Addressing challenges in lithium extraction
Lithium, a lightweight alkali metal, is a critical component in the batteries that power electric vehicles, smartphones, and other electronic devices.
However, traditional lithium extraction methods often struggle with ion selectivity, particularly when separating lithium from similar ions like magnesium and sodium.
Current methods also rely heavily on environmentally damaging practices like evaporation ponds and chemical purification.
The Rice team’s innovation bypasses these challenges.
Unlike conventional nanoporous membranes that rely on hydrated pores, SSEs utilize an anhydrous “hopping” mechanism within a crystalline lattice to transport lithium ions.
“This means that lithium ions can migrate through the membrane while other competing ions, and even water, are effectively blocked,” explained Sohum Patel, the study’s first author.
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“The extreme selectivity offered by our SSE-based approach makes it a highly efficient method for lithium harvesting as energy is only expanded towards moving the desired lithium ions across the membrane.”
Experimental results show improvements
In experiments using an electrodialysis setup, the SSE membrane demonstrated near-perfect lithium selectivity, even in high concentrations of competing ions.
Notably, no other ions were detected in the product stream, which is a feat that conventional membrane technologies could not achieve.
Through computational and experimental analysis, the researchers discovered that the rigid, tightly packed crystalline lattice of the SSE acts as a “molecular sieve.”
“This could significantly lower the environmental footprint of lithium production while making the process more efficient.”
The team also believes that the principles of ion selectivity demonstrated by SSEs could be applied to the extraction of other critical elements from water sources.
“This could open the door to a new class of membrane materials for resource recovery,” concluded Elimelech.
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