Integrity Testing Laboratory Inc.
During the Apollo program, lunar surface 
operations were hampered by the effects of 
fine, pervasive, highly adhesive lunar dust. 
The missions have shown challenges like 
obscuration of vision, clogging of 
equipment, dust covering/abrasion of many 
sensitive external surfaces, degradation of 
seal and thermal performance. It became 
clear that before extensive lunar 
exploration efforts can continue, strategies 
must be developed to mitigate the effects of 
lunar dust.

The project aims at providing a solution to 
this challenge by advancing the development 
and enhancement of Integrity Testing 
Laboratory's (ITL) unique cornerstone lunar 
Dust Mitigation Technology for sensitive 
materials of external space structures that 
will be used in robotic and manned missions 
for Moon exploration. One of the major tasks 
in this project will include participating 
in a coming Lunar mission that will allow 
testing ITL samples and prototype 
spectrometers in real Lunar environment 
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