A close-up view of astronaut Buzz Aldrin's bootprint in the lunar soil, photographed with the 70mm lunar surface camera during Apollo 11's sojourn on the moon. Image by NASA

Examining lunar soil for moon-based construction

Northwestern mineralogist leads lunar soil analysis for NASA’s MMPACT project

Most people are familiar with the iconic photograph of astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s boot print on the surface of the moon. But what, exactly, is in the soil that holds the …