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    In space exploration, in situ resource utilization (ISRU) is the practice of collection, processing, storing and use of materials found or manufactured...
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    Lunar resources (category Mining in space)
    have greatly enhanced the understanding of the potential for in situ resource utilization (ISRU) at the Moon, but that knowledge is not yet sufficient...
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  • Future space exploration and terraforming efforts may depend on in situ resource utilization, reducing reliance on Earth-based supplies. Proposed missions...
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    The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) was a technology demonstration on the NASA Mars 2020 rover Perseverance investigating the...
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    and oxygen are in the right stoichiometric ratio to be burned in a rocket engine. This kind of in situ resource utilization would result in massive weight...
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    from extraterrestrial places like Mars, asteroids, or the Moon (in-situ resource utilization [ISRU]; see Asteroid mining). One could produce breathing oxygen...
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  • Chang'e 8 (category 2028 in China)
    lunar south pole region while pursuing new experiments such as in-situ resource utilization, which will include testing the feasilibity of 3D-printing "bricks"...
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    Artemis program (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
    characterization of lunar resources as well as testing principles for in-situ resource utilization (ISRU). In March 2018, NASA established the Commercial Lunar Payload...
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    to in situ resource utilization (ISRU). Three major domains of In-space manufacturing are ISM for space (space-for-space) where products remain in space...
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    Commercial Lunar Payload Services (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
    lunar south pole where they will scout for lunar resources, test in situ resource utilization (ISRU) concepts, and perform lunar science to support the Artemis...
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    Space colonization (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
    Exploration Augmented by In-Situ Resource Utilization: Human Mercury and Saturn Exploration. 8th Symposium on Space Resource Utilization. Kissimmee, Florida...
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    launched aboard an Intuitive Machines Nova-C lander in 2024. Another focus is on in situ resource utilization, which is a key part of the DARPA lunar programs...
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    the Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee In-situ resource utilization Shackleton Energy Company Aquarius Launch Vehicle Quicklaunch...
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    planned to perform an in situ resource utilization demonstration. The lander completed successful vacuum testing in June 2024. In August 2024, the rover which...
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  • Luxembourg Space Agency (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    the primary goal of the LSA is not asteroid mining, but rather In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU). One of Luxembourg's key contributions to global space...
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    Colonization of the Moon (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
    International Lunar Research Station projects, have supported in-situ resource utilization and therefore prospecting for lunar resources. To complement...
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    transportation equipment, advanced life support systems and in-situ resource utilization. After the Viking landers and the Mars Pathfinder's rover landed...
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    volatiles in lunar polar sub-surface materials, and to demonstrate in situ resource utilization (ISRU) processing of lunar soil by heating samples in an oven...
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    Regolith (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from March 2025)
    transition into a concavity at the foot zone In situ resource utilization – Astronautical use of materials harvested in outer space Lunar regolith simulant Loess –...
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    the moon, they seem to be in more limited supply than on earth, especially near the surface. If in situ resource utilization is desired to fuel nuclear...
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  • operationalized. Many proposals relied on the viability of in-situ resource utilization and low enough launch costs. In 2022, DARPA kicked off NOM4D (pronounced “nomad”)...
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    nitrogen. Rhizobia bacteria are capable of fixing nitrogen. In situ resource utilization involves using materials encountered on Mars to produce materials...
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    are extinct comets, might also provide water. The process of in-situ resource utilization—using materials native to space for propellant, thermal management...
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    SpaceX Mars colonization program (category Official website not in Wikidata)
    (Tweet) – via Twitter. Starr, Stanley O. (April 25, 2024). "Mars in situ resource utilization: a review". Planetary and Space Science. 182. doi:10.1016/j.pss...
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  • Life on Mars (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from November 2022)
    hospitable of the planets in the Solar System, other than Earth. Human colonization of Mars would require in situ resource utilization (ISRU); A NASA report...
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  • operational efficiency in long and faraway missions, in situ resource utilization (ISRU) technologies for extraction and utilization of local resources on...
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  • Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
    Solicitation Number: NNH16ZCQ001K-ISRU. "NextSTEP-2 BAA Appendix D: In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Technology". Federal Business Opportunities. NASA. Retrieved...
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    International Mars Ice Mapper Mission (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
    respect to the search for habitable environments and accessible In situ resource utilization (ISRU) resources. The International-Mars Ice Mapper is an "exploration...
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  • increased by adding CO2 or reduced by adding steam to the reactor. In situ resource utilization Lane hydrogen producer PROX Industrial catalysts Sorption enhanced...
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    Kennedy Space Center (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
    commercial crew missions and researches food production and in-situ resource utilization for off-Earth exploration. Since 2010, the center has worked...
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