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Progress Made in Lunar In-Situ Resource Utilization Under NASA's Exploration Technology and Development Program [PDF]

, 2012
Incorporation of In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) and the production of mission critical consumables for 9 propulsion, power, and life support into mission architectures can greatly reduce the mass, cost, and risk of missions 10 leading to a ...
Larson, William E., Sanders, Gerald B.
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Rheological Lunar Regolith Simulants

5 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, Conference: IAC ...
Gasteiner, Léonie, Glazyrina, Alyona, Murdoch, Naomi, D'Angelo, Olfa   +3 more
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Resource-Constrained 3D Volume Estimation of Lunar Regolith Particles from 2D Imagery for In Situ Dust Characterization in a Lunar Payload

Remote Sensing
Future lunar exploration will depend on a clearer understanding of regolith behavior, as underscored by adhesion issues observed during Apollo. The Lunaris Payload, a compact instrument developed in Poland, targets in situ assessment of lunar regolith ...
Filip Wylęgała, Tadeusz Uhl
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Lunar Polar Environmental Testing: Regolith Simulant Conditioning [PDF]

As ISRU system development approaches flight fidelity, there is a need to test hardware in relevant environments. Extensive laboratory and field testing have involved relevant soil (lunar regolith simulants), but the current design iterations necessitate
Kleinhenz, Julie
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The Luna Analog Facility testbeds (ESA, EAC): contemporary characterization work of highland (lunar) and mare (EAC-1) lunar regolith simulants

Frontiers in Space Technologies
The Luna Analog Facility, a joint ESA-DLR endeavour, consists of three components and spans an area of 1,000 m2, providing testbeds of simulated lunar environments.
Aliz Zemeny, Aliz Zemeny, Lorenza Sardisco, Santiago Quinteros, T. Dylan Mikesell, Duncan Pirrie, Libby Rose, Aidan Cowley, Kamini Manick   +8 more
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Extraction of volatile and metals from extraterrestrial materials [PDF]

Since March 1, 1989, attention was concentrated on the extraction of ilmenite from extraterrestrial materials and on the planning and development of laboratory facilities for carbonyl extraction of ferrous metal alloys.
Lewis, John S.
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Processing of glass-ceramics from lunar resources [PDF]

The goal is to fabricate useful ceramic materials from the by-products of lunar oxygen production processes. Specifically, the crystal nucleation and growth kinetics of ilmenite-extracted lunar regolith were studied in order to produce glass-ceramics ...
Fabes, B. D., Poisl, W. H.
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Cassegrain Solar Concentrator System for ISRU Material Processing [PDF]

, 2012
A 0.5 m diameter Cassegrain concentrator was constructed as a means of providing highly concentrated sunlight for the demonstration processing of lunar simulated regolith and other NASA In-Situ Resource Utilization Project (ISRU) reaction processes.
Castle, Charles, Colozza, Anthony J., Macosko, Robert, Mulherin, James, Sacksteder, Kurt, Suzuki, Nantel H.   +5 more
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Artificial Space Weathering to Mimic Solar Wind Enhances the Toxicity of Lunar Dust Simulants in Human Lung Cells

GeoHealth
During NASA's Apollo missions, inhalation of dust particles from lunar regolith was identified as a potential occupational hazard for astronauts. These fine particles adhered tightly to spacesuits and were unavoidably brought into the living areas of the
J. H. M. Chang, Z. Xue, J. Bauer, B. Wehle, D. A. Hendrix, T. Catalano, J. A. Hurowitz, H. Nekvasil, B. Demple   +8 more
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Development and mechanical properties of construction materials from lunar simulant [PDF]

Development of versatile engineering materials from locally available materials in space is an important step toward the establishment of outposts on the Moon and Mars.
Desai, Chandra S.
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