ESA and China Space Agency Collaboration Detects Negative Ions on Dark Side of Moon from fj neil sc9000l Watch Video

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ESA and China Space Agency , Collaboration Detects Negative Ions , on Dark Side of Moon.<br/>China's Chang'e-6 lunar lander landed on the <br/>dark side of the Moon, successfully gathered <br/>samples and lifted off in just over 48 hours. .<br/>'Futurism' reports that the historic feat resulted in the <br/>first-ever samples collected from the far side of the <br/>Moon, which permanently faces away from the Earth.<br/>The trip also saw the lander deposit several scientific <br/>payloads, including the Negative Ions at the Lunar Surface <br/>(NILS) instrument for the European Space Agency.<br/>This was ESA’s first activity on the <br/>surface of the Moon, a world-first <br/>scientifically, and a first lunar <br/>cooperation with China, Neil Melville, ESA’s technical officer for the experiment, via 'Futurism'.<br/>The moon's lack of a magnetic field makes <br/>the surface extremely vulnerable to charged solar <br/>particles, which create negatively charged ions. .<br/>Before it could make its observations, the NILS instrument <br/>had to be adjusted to the extreme lunar surface conditions, <br/>going through a cycle of reboots and blackouts.<br/>Once it adjusted, the instrument detected negative ions <br/>from solar winds bombarding the Moon's surface and <br/>successfully transmitted back usable data.<br/>We have collected an <br/>amount and quality of data<br/>far beyond our expectations, Neil Melville, ESA’s technical officer for the experiment, via 'Futurism'.<br/>'Futurism' explains that the data could have significant <br/>implications for our understanding of how our celestial <br/>neighborhood deals without having a magnetic field. .<br/>These observations on the Moon will <br/>help us better understand the surface<br/>environment and act as a pathfinder <br/>to explore negative ion populations <br/>in other airless bodies in the <br/>Solar System, from planets to <br/>asteroids and other moons, Martin Wieser, NILS principal investigator, via 'Futurism'