Resource Prospector Mobility Test

1,163 views · Published 19 July 2017 · 0:31 · Indexed 31 October 2026

Channel: NASA's Kennedy Space Center · 2017 · Science & Technology

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The Resource Prospector mobility team tests a lightweight simulator in Kennedy Space Center's regolith bin to simulate how the prospector will drive on the moon in the coming years. NASA’s Resource Prospector mission, which is in pre-formulation, aims to be the first mining expedition on another world. Using a suite of instruments to locate elements from a lunar polar region, the planned rover is designed to excavate volatiles such as hydrogen, oxygen and water from the moon. Building on the findings of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) missions that proved the existence of water on the moon, Resource Prospector plans to take the next step and harvest those resources.

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