{"id":259307,"date":"2025-05-27T18:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T22:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/interlune-and-vermeer-unveil-lunar-excavator-to-mine-helium-3-on-a-large-scale\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T18:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T22:57:12","slug":"interlune-and-vermeer-unveil-lunar-excavator-to-mine-helium-3-on-a-large-scale","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/interlune-and-vermeer-unveil-lunar-excavator-to-mine-helium-3-on-a-large-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Interlune and Vermeer unveil lunar excavator to mine helium-3 on a large scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The company Interlune<\/strong><\/strong> and Vermeer Corporation<\/strong> a full-scale prototype of an excavator designed to perform operations on the lunar surface. This vehicle will aim to collect helium-3<\/strong>, a rare isotope<\/strong> on Earth, but abundant in the lunar regolith, with applications in nuclear fusion, quantum computing and advanced medicine. <\/p>\n\n

Interlune and Vermeer moon excavator<\/h2>\n\n

This prototype has a four-stage system<\/strong> developed by Interlune<\/em>: excavate<\/strong>, sort<\/strong>, extract <\/strong>and separate<\/strong>. The excavator was built following the success of a scaled-down version in 2024, and operates continuously while reducing dust generation, energy consumption and traction required. <\/p>\n\n

Interlune <\/strong>is currently testing under simulated lunar gravity conditions using parabolic flights, as well as testing cryogenic technology<\/strong> to separate helium-3.<\/em> This research is part of an effort supported by NASA<\/strong>, the U<\/strong>. S. Department of Energy<\/strong> and the National Science Foundation<\/strong>, which have funded the development of key technologies over the past two years. <\/p>\n\n

With $18 million in funding raised to date and several lunar missions planned for the lunar missions planned<\/a><\/strong> by the end of the decade, Interlune seeks to position itself as one of the first companies to commercialize space resources. Its primary goal is to supply helium-3 to government agencies and private sector companies. <\/p>\n\n

Large-scale lunar excavation<\/strong>, never before achieved with this efficiency, opens a new chapter in the responsible exploitation of space resources.<\/p>\n\n

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Source and photo: Interlune<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new machine has the capacity to process 100 tons of lunar regolith per hour and record the start of a comprehensive space mining strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8404,"featured_media":259296,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13064,13030],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-259307","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-aerospace","categoria_noticias-industry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/259307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/259307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=259307"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=259307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}