Low-cost robust processes are needed to produce construction materials for habitats and
civil infrastructure in the early stages of the development of a permanent base on the moon …

In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), together with the European Space Agency …

The authors demonstrated the feasibility of sintering lunar regolith layer-by-layer solely
using concentrated sunlight. First trials using actual concentrated sunlight led to an …

KLS-1 Lunar regolith simulant was microwave sintered to explore its potential applicability in
future lunar construction. The effects of sintering temperature on linear shrinkage, density …

Abstract The European Astronaut Centre (EAC) is currently constructing the European Lunar
Exploration Laboratory (LUNA), a large training and operations facility to be located …

Scientific exploration of extraterrestrial planets has gripped human imagination since the
advent of space travel. Human missions to Mars could produce insight into the essential …

Additive manufacturing (AM) is one of the most promising techniques for on-site
manufacturing on extraterrestrial bodies. In this investigation, layerwise solar sintering under …

It has long been recognised (eg, Ehricke 1985; Spudis 1996, 2016; Duke et al. 2006;
Benaroya 2010; Kornuta et al. 2019) that the Moon has the potential to play a pivotal role in …

For a sustainable human presence on the Moon, it is critical to develop technologies that
could utilise the locally available resources (aka in situ resource utilisation or ISRU) for …

Establishing a base on the Moon is one of the new goals of human lunar exploration in
recent years. Sintered lunar regolith is one of the most potential building materials for lunar …