CONTACT US HOMEPAGE: www.nasa.gov/flightopportunities →

Back to Listing
T0318-S

Project Duneflow

PI: Jennifer Edmunson, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Kevin Cannon (Co-I), Colorado School of Mines

Project Duneflow aims to enable direct characterization and comparison of regolith simulants under lunar gravity. Researchers plan to quantify gravity-dependent geotechnical properties (e.g., angle of internal friction) of existing and recently developed lunar regolith simulants. Successful testing in lunar gravity during suborbital flight is expected to lead to advancements in manufacturing of geotechnical simulants (i.e., those that better replicate flow behavior). This in turn may enable better testing of excavation and regolith conveyance systems leading to greater effectiveness of the tested technologies.

Technology Areas (?)
  • NA

Technology Details

  • Selection Date
    INTERNAL2021
  • Program Status
    Active
  • Current TRL (?)
    Unknown
    Successful FOP Flights
  • 0 sRLV

Development Team

Web Accessibility and Privacy Notices Curator: Alexander van Dijk Responsible NASA Official: Stephan Ord Last Update: November 16, 2018