Regolith conveying will be an essential task for supplying regolith feedstock to In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) reactor systems for regolith processing on the Moon and Mars. The Vertical Lunar Regolith Conveyor (VLRC) is a technology being developed at NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) as a regolith transport task for the GCD ISRU FLEET project led by NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC). Single test loop versions of the VLRC are being developed at NASA KSC as a technology demonstration for a flight experiment. The NASA Flight Opportunities program selected the VLRC for a technology demonstration opportunity on a future Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle to study regolith transport physics in a relevant environment in a vacuum chamber under simulated lunar gravity conditions in order to advance its technology readiness level (TRL) for future space applications. This presentation will discuss the objectives and current status of the VLRC lunar-gravity flight experiment, including the types of granular mineral materials that will be conveyed.


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    Title :

    Vertical Lunar Regolith Conveying as A Flight Experiment in Simulated Lunar-Gravity


    Contributors:
    J. G. Mantovani (author) / A. D. Olson (author) / B. Kemmerer (author) / A. G. Langton (author) / J. R. Gleeson (author)

    Publication date :

    2023


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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