Tag: ISRU

  • NASA Lunabotics 2026 Competition Tests Student Lunar Mining Tech

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    What makes NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Competition critical for lunar operations? NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge will field over 80 university teams competing May 19-21 at Kennedy Space Center’s Astronauts Memorial Foundation Center for Space Education, testing autonomous robots designed to excavate and transport lunar regolith. The competition directly feeds into NASA’s Artemis Program requirements for In-Situ…

  • NASA Develops On-Demand IV Fluid Production for Deep Space Missions

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    Can astronauts produce their own IV fluids during deep space missions? NASA has developed technology to produce IV fluids on-demand during crewed missions beyond low Earth orbit, addressing a critical medical supply constraint for Artemis Program lunar missions and eventual Mars expeditions. The agency’s new system can manufacture saline solution using purified water and sodium…