In anticipation of extended operations on the lunar sur-face, JSC Building B351 has been prepared to meet test needs to mature technologies that extract resources from lunar regolith, handle lunar regolith or must perform in a dusty lunar environment. Domains such as In-Situ Re-source Utilization (ISRU), dust mitigation, power generation and distribution, robotics and surface tools will all require testing with lunar regolith/simulants to demonstrate flight readiness. The Lunar Development and Test Facility (LDTF) houses environmental test capabilities, including lunar simulants, geared toward advancing Technical Readiness Level (TRL) of these lunar surface technologies. Seen as an agency need to enable and demonstrate new technologies, a portion of the facility capability was developed under the “Dirty Lunar Surface Simulation “project in FY2020, funded by the NASA Game Changing Development program. Some current uses include testing of an oxygen extraction from lunar regolith test, a spacesuit cleaning tool evaluation, and a study to measure dust effects on space radiators (thermal management).


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    Titel :

    Lunar Development & Test Facility, JSC B351


    Beteiligte:
    M. Reddington (Autor:in) / K. Araghi (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2023


    Format / Umfang :

    1 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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