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ISRU and ISFR Science and Technology—A Review of the Last 15 Years

Technologies
In situ resource utilization (ISRU) and in situ fabrication and repair (ISFR) are critical research and technological paradigms for future space exploration.
Giacomo Cao, Alberto Cincotti, Alessandro Concas, Antonio Depau, Giacomo Fais, Nicola Lai, Roberta Licheri, Antonio Mario Locci, Selena Montinaro, Roberto Orrù, Gabriele Traversari   +10 more
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Sampling, Mobility, and Anchoring in Small‐Body Sampling Robots: A Comprehensive Review

SmartBot, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2026.
Small‐body sampling robots are exploration systems that perform contact, sampling, and stable operations on microgravity bodies such as asteroids and comets. The authors review representative robot architectures and key technologies, focusing on the mechanisms, evolution, and coupling of sampling, mobility, and anchoring.
Yurui Shen, Yixin Zhu, Mingxia Bao, Ting Zhang, Jun Wu, Jingbin Hao, Dezheng Hua, Xinhua Liu   +7 more
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The geoarchaeology of planetary exploration: new approaches to space heritage preservation

Geology Today, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 129-133, May/June 2026.
On 21 May 2015, the United States passed the ‘Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act’, also known as the SPACE Act, encouraging a competitive commercial space exploration industry and effectively ushering a new space race, or even space age. Unlike the former space age of the 1950s–1970s which was characterized by intense competition between the ...
Justin A. Holcomb, Beth L. O'Leary, Rolfe D. Mandel   +2 more
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In Situ Methanation on Mars: A Process Concept Study on the Impact of H2/CO2 and Recycle Ratio

Chemie Ingenieur Technik, Volume 98, Issue 4, Page 156-164, April 2026.
The rocket propellant methane can be produced on Mars by in situ resource utilization. The H2/CO2 ratio is decisive, and excess H2 is favored for providing sufficient propellant purity. The operation mode—with or without recycling of unreacted reactants—depends on the resource availability of the selected landing site. Abstract For return missions from
Franz Braun, Thomas‐Oliver Nagel, Samuel Prinz, Jens Friedland, Robert Güttel   +4 more
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Gravity Fed Hopper Flow of Bulk Solids for Lunar ISRU [PDF]

With the return to the moon in the decade of the 2020s, there has been a renaissance of lunar technology development and innovation. This has been particularly true for the area of lunar ISRU (In-Situ Resource Utilization).
Noe, Jason Bendixen
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Bio‐Inspired Swarm Robotics Design for Mine Automation

Natural Sciences, Volume 6, Issue 2, April 2026.
Ants demonstrate tandem running for cooperative haulage, and honeybees use memory‐based routes between hive and flowers. These behaviours inspire autonomous haulage robots in open‐pit mines to achieve efficient scan‐plan‐retrieve ore transport, replacing small haulage robots with large mining trucks.
Joven Tan, Noune Melkoumian, David Harvey   +2 more
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Priorities for Demonstrating Lunar ISRU Capabilities

, 2007
The exploration of space will be easier when local (in situ) resources are used to produce items and consumables that otherwise would have to be shipped up from the deep gravity well of Earth.
Gertsch, Leslie S.
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Synthesis of Peptides, Peptide Nucleic Acid Components, and Other Biogenic Compounds From a Three‐Component Prebiotic Mixture

Chemistry – A European Journal, Volume 32, Issue 9, 2 March 2026.
High‐energy proton irradiation of a formamide–diaminomaleonitrile–glycine system in the presence of meteorites produces a broad spectrum of biogenic compounds, including nucleobases, nucleosides, peptides, and nucleobase–peptide conjugates, highlighting a chemically plausible prebiotic network.
Bruno Mattia Bizzarri, Rosangela Santalucia, Eleonora Mancin, Mikhail Kapralov, Eugene Krasavin, Raffaele Saladino, Ernesto Di Mauro   +6 more
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Crater Observing Bioinspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA)

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 8, Issue 3, March 2026.
Crater Observing Bio‐inspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA) is a modular, snake‐inspired robot that addresses the mobility challenges of extraterrestrial exploration sites such as Shackleton Crater. Incorporating snake‐like gaits and tumbling locomotion, COBRA navigates both uneven surfaces and steep crater walls.
Adarsh Salagame, Henry Noyes, Eric Sihite, Arash Kalantari, Alireza Ramezani   +4 more
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Diurnal Temperature Variability at Latitudinally Distinct Sites on the Moon

Earth and Space Science, Volume 13, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract The thermophysical environment of the Moon plays a crucial role for future exploration, resource utilization and also in understanding its geological evolution. While global‐scale surface temperature distributions have been reasonably well constrained through numerical modeling and orbiter observations, recent in situ measurements have ...
G. Ambily, K. Durga Prasad, Y. Ramakrishna   +2 more
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