You’ve seen the double crater on the Moon, now check out ICON’s Lunar Surface Construction System, called ‘Project Olympus’. This $57.2-million NASA award will go towards developing a multi-purpose construction system primarily using local Lunar and Martian resources as building materials for establishing a sustained lunar presence.
To support NASA’s Artemis program and the return of human astronauts to the Moon, ICON aims to bring its advanced hardware as well as software into space via a lunar gravity simulation flight. The company also plans to work with lunar regolith samples brought back from Apollo missions and various regolith simulants to determine their mechanical behavior in simulated lunar gravity.
- Detailed Lunar Replica - Features a detailed Eagle lunar lander replica with lunar surface, crater, footprints, and U.S. flag for a realistic space...
- Realistic Modular Model - This modular set includes a descent stage with gold-colored landing pads, panels, opening camera, laser hatches, and movable...
- Ascent Stage Interior - The ascent stage boasts a detailed interior with room for 2 astronaut minifigures, finished with an Apollo 11 Lunar Lander...
In order to explore other worlds, we need innovative new technologies adapted to those environments and our exploration needs. Pushing this development forward with our commercial partners will create the capabilities we need for future missions,” said Niki Werkheiser, director of technology maturation in NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate.
