May 2022
Design architecture for 3D printing a lunar habitat
...to solve and how can we do it? Classes of 3D printing technologies with applications for the lunar environment. Lunar regolith The first stages of building a lunar base for colonists will, by necessity, involve equipment and consumables being brought...
November 2019
PROSPECTing for lunar polar volatiles
...be performed: the heated sample is exposed to hydrogen (H2) or methane (CH4) in order to extract oxygen from the lunar regolith, a process that is interesting for larger scale oxygen or water generation in support of a future human presence. PROSPECT...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
... The first step towards the design of an advanced locomotive system is to understand the micro and macro-mechanics of lunar regolith. In line with our aim to follow a step-by-step process, we first need to study the effects of increased traversing...
20 January 2020
ESA facility begins producing oxygen out of simulated moon dust
...back by astronauts from the Apollo missions confirm that lunar regolith – the dusty surface layer of the Moon that ... of metals will depend on where on the Moon the regolith is acquired from – there would be significant regional differences.”...
17 May 2021
European startup to produce oxygen from lunar soil for ESA 2025 mission
...ESA to deliver a reactor that will produce oxygen from lunar regolith for the agency’s up and coming in-situ resource ...the Moon, the primary source of material is the lunar regolith. Regolith contains oxygen and water, two key elements used ...
March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
... safe manner before arrival of the first crew. Exploring this approach further, the intention is to use the lunar regolith to manufacture not only the base’s external structure but also tools needed by astronauts during surface exploration...
