Simulating lunar highlands regolith profiles on Earth to inform infrastructure development and ISRU activities on the Moon

MP Lucas, CR Neal, JM Long-Fox, D Britt - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
Lunar exploration and infrastructure development near the Moon's south pole, and at other
future lunar settlements, demand a detailed understanding of the geotechnical properties …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of microwave heating as an ISRU extraction technique on different arrangements of icy lunar regolith

JD Cole, S Sheridan, S Lim, HM Sargeant… - Planetary and Space …, 2025 - Elsevier
The lunar poles potentially contain vast quantities of water ice. The water ice is of interest
due to its capability to answer scientific questions regarding the Solar System's water …

Cohesion and shear strength of compacted lunar and Martian regolith simulants

B Dotson, DS Valencia, C Millwater, P Easter… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Shear strength and cohesion of granular materials are important geotechnical properties
that play a crucial role in the stability and behavior of lunar and Martian regolith, as well as …

The POLAR Traverse Dataset: A Dataset of Stereo Camera Images Simulating Traverses across Lunar Polar Terrain under Extreme Lighting Conditions

M Hansen, U Wong, T Fong - arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.12194, 2024 - arxiv.org
We present the POLAR Traverse Dataset: a dataset of high-fidelity stereo pair images of
lunar-like terrain under polar lighting conditions designed to simulate a straight-line traverse …

[PDF][PDF] Density, strength and compressibility characteristics of lunar regolith simulant

AK Agarwal, YL Kuo, MB Jaksa… - Proc. 14th Australia and …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Humankind will soon be returning to the Moon, as part of NASA's Artemis program, where
the objective is long-term habitation to facilitate extra-terrestrial exploration and in situ …

RIDER: A World-Class Facility in Planetary Terramechanics Investigations

JM Long-Fox, MP Lucas, GE Blandin… - Earth and Space …, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
Safe and efficient mobility is a fundamental requirement for planetary exploration, resource
utilization, and infrastructure development. Incomplete testing during research and …