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ASA's Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) technology demonstrator flew to the moon aboard Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander, which captured this photo of its own shadow after its March 2025 touchdown. (Image credit: Firefly Aerospace)

New shielding technology from NASA that protects against damaging lunar dust just passed a trial run on the moon's surface, marking an important milestone in the agency's lunar aspirations.

The Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) flew aboard Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost, the first privately funded lunar lander to make a fully successful touchdown on the moon.

After Blue Ghost's historic landing on March 2, the EDS demonstrated the ability to remove lunar dust and dirt, known as regolith, from surfaces using electrodynamic forces. The successful test concluded on March 16.

NASA has big plans for the moon via its Artemis program, which aims to set up one or more lunar bases in the next decade or so. But regolith presents a significant issue for lunar hardware, spacesuits and human lungs, because the dust is so abrasive. So the shield technology passing this recent test is good news, the agency said.

Related: Here's what NASA sent to the moon on Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander