Home Ahead of future lunar missions, NASA wanted a sensor to warn inhabitants if the level of dust gets dangerous. Lunar Outpost Inc. developed the Space Canary, an air-quality sensor, shown here (cannister-shaped device above the open door on the right) in a lunar habitat prototype designed by Lockheed Martin. (Lockheed Martin Corporation) Ahead of future lunar missions, NASA wanted a sensor to warn inhabitants if the level of dust gets dangerous. Lunar Outpost Inc. developed the Space Canary, an air-quality sensor, shown here (cannister-shaped device above the open door on the right) in a lunar habitat prototype designed by Lockheed Martin. (Lockheed Martin Corporation)

Ahead of future lunar missions, NASA wanted a sensor to warn inhabitants if the level of dust gets dangerous. Lunar Outpost Inc. developed the Space Canary, an air-quality sensor, shown here (cannister-shaped device above the open door on the right) in a lunar habitat prototype designed by Lockheed Martin. (Lockheed Martin Corporation)

Ahead of future lunar missions, NASA wanted a sensor to warn inhabitants if the level of dust gets dangerous. Lunar Outpost Inc. developed the Space Canary, an air-quality sensor, shown here (cannister-shaped device above the open door on the right) in a lunar habitat prototype designed by Lockheed Martin. (Lockheed Martin Corporation)

Ahead of future lunar missions, NASA wanted a sensor to warn inhabitants if the level of dust gets dangerous. Lunar Outpost Inc. developed the Space Canary, an air-quality sensor, shown here (cannister-shaped device above the open door on the right) in a lunar habitat prototype designed by Lockheed Martin. (Lockheed Martin Corporation)

While astronaut Gene Cernan was on the lunar surface during the Apollo 17 mission, his spacesuit collected loads of lunar dust. (NASA)
The Space Canary sensor developed by Lunar Outpost Inc. can detect the ultra-fine lunar dust particles inside a habitat, alerting astronauts should an elevated level of contamination occur. Adapted for use on Earth, the same technology, now renamed the Canary-S, can monitor forest fire emissions, evaluate urban air quality, and more. (Lunar Outpost)
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