A Canadian-made moon dust repellent is expected to land on the moon Sunday as part of a NASA-led study.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander launched from Florida on Jan. 15, carrying samples that will be tested for their ability to repel lunar dust.
Two of those samples are treated with a coating developed by Integrity Testing Laboratory Inc., a 13-person company based in Markham, Ont., said Jacob Kleiman, the company’s president and chief executive officer.
“It’s a very big deal,” Kleiman said in an interview Saturday. “We are the only Canadian company that got on this experiment.”
Lunar dust is a big problem for scientists and astronauts on the moon, Kleiman said. Its particles are tiny, abrasive and electromagnetically charged, and they cling to everything, from mechanical equipment to astronauts’ suits….