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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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    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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    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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    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; it will serve as the basis for a larger scale robotic and crewed...
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    in 2024 that in-situ resource utilization will be critical for establishing a self-sustaining colony, and that SpaceX plans to begin its efforts in advancing...
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    attractive as sources of raw materials. Acid leaching Asteroid mining In situ resource utilization ISS manufacturing Self-replication Space-based economy Space...
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    Perseverance (rover) (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
    April 22, 2021. Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). "Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE)". techport.nasa.gov. NASA. Archived from the...
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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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  • Ecological Life Support System or CELSS Inflatable space habitat In-Situ Resource Utilization Kessler Syndrome Lightcraft Mass launcher Ocean thermal energy...
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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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  • PRIME-1 (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
    products with local materials," a process formally termed as in situ resource utilization (ISRU). Additionally, this will be NASA's first attempt to robotically...
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    January 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015. mmooney (8 November 2015). "In-Situ Resource Utilization – Mars Atmosphere/Gas Chemical Processing". NASA SBIR/STTR. NASA...
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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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    the station-derived habitat module. Later missions would bring in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) equipment to test it on the lunar surface before sending...
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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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    Anorthite (category Minerals in space group 2)
    names: authors list (link) "Significant Lunar Minerals" (PDF). In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU). NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2010...
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    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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  • Atmospheric mining (category Mining in space)
    in the atmosphere that gathers and stores gases. A smaller vehicle would transfer the gases from the cruiser to an orbital station. In-situ resource utilization...
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    Colonization of the Moon (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
    do both mention prospecting for lunar resource extraction for in-situ resource utilization as an objective, in the case of the American policy including...
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  • K. R. Sridhar (category All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English)
    Lander mission. This would have been the first demonstration of in-situ resource utilization ("ISRU") for propellant production on another planet. However...
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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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    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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    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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    Mars (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
    Starship and initially sustained by resupply from Earth, and in situ resource utilization on Mars, until the Mars colony reaches full self sustainability...
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    List of Artemis missions (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
    focused on scouting for lunar resources, in situ resource utilization (ISRU) experiments and lunar science, in preparation for an extended human presence...
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  • habitability NASA lunar outpost concepts DARPA lunar programs In situ resource utilization Space architecture Outer space treaty Commercial Space Launch...
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  • World Is Not Enough (spacecraft propulsion) (category Industry in space)
    Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Florida, meant to facilitate in situ resource utilization (ISRU) of water as a critical part of sustainable and cost-effective...
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