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Regolith harvesting on Moon surface: Excavation and beneficiation in low gravityenvironments

2020/38/E/ST8/00527

Keywords:

Space mining Regolith excavation and beneficiation Moon exploration Space robotics

Descriptors:

  • ST8_002:
  • ST8_006:
  • ST7_001:

Panel:

ST8 - Production and processes engineering: modelling, product design, process design and control, construction methods and engineering, power units and systems

Host institution :

Centrum Badań Kosmicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk

woj. mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Karol Michał Seweryn 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 10

Call: SONATA BIS 10 - announced on 2020-07-29

Amount awarded: 3 774 840 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2021-06-01

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2026-04-30

Project duration:: 59 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Pending project

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (14)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (2)
  1. Updating Intensity dataset acquired through laser scanning of lunar and Martian soil simulants" with additional lunar soil simulants specimens
    Authors:
    Damięcka-Suchocka M., Katzer J.
    Academic press:
    Data in Brief (rok: 2023, tom: Vol. 49, strony: 109435), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.dib.2023.109435 - link to the publication
  2. A conceptual open pit mine architecture for the moon environment
    Authors:
    Seweryn K., Kolusz A., Świca I., Tkacz A., Gallina A., Katzer J., Kobaka J., Konecny P., Młynarczyk P.
    Academic press:
    Artificial Satellites (rok: 2024, tom: Vol. 59, No. 1 - 2024, strony: NA), Wydawca: De Gruyter
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2478/arsa-2024-0002 - link to the publication
  3. Estimation of the Needed Regolith for Covering Lunar Habitat by Protective Layer
    Authors:
    Konečný P., Katzer J., Kobaka J., Seweryn K.
    Academic press:
    Artificial Satellites (rok: 2023, tom: Vol. 58, No. SI1 - 2023, strony: 249-255), Wydawca: De Gruyter
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2478/arsa-2023-0026 - link to the publication
  4. Concept of a 3D-Printed Voronoi Egg-Shaped Habitat for Permanent Lunar Outpost
    Authors:
    Juračka, D.; Katzer, J.; Kobaka, J.; Świca, I.; Seweryn, K.
    Academic press:
    Applied Sciences (rok: 2023, tom: 13(2), strony: 1153), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/app13021153 - link to the publication
  5. Development and Evaluation of Regolith Mass Estimation Sensor Based on Photoresist Effect
    Authors:
    Tkacz A., Seweryn K.
    Academic press:
    Aerospace (rok: 2024, tom: 11, strony: 963), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/aerospace11120963 - link to the publication
  6. Detection of Lunar Regolith Acquired by Excavator Using Radiofrequency (RF) Sensors
    Authors:
    Kurek K., Seweryn K., Tkacz A.
    Academic press:
    Sensors (rok: 2025, tom: 25, strony: 751), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/s25030751 - link to the publication
  7. Regolith as raw material for the production of aggregates and concrete-like composites on the Moon
    Authors:
    Katzer, J.; Kobaka, J.
    Academic press:
    Archives of Civil Engineering (rok: 2024, tom: Vol. LXX, Issue 4, strony: 199-214), Wydawca: Warsaw University of Technology Faculty of Civil Engineering and Committee for Civil Engineering Polish Academy of Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.24425/ace.2024.151888 - link to the publication
  8. A Study of Lunar Soil Simulants from Construction and Building Materials Perspective
    Authors:
    Kobaka J., Katzer J., Seweryn K., Srokosz P., Bujko M., Konečný P.
    Academic press:
    Case Studies in Construction Materials (rok: 2023, tom: Vol. 18, strony: 14), Wydawca: Elsevier (ScienceDirect)
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e02082 - link to the publication
  9. A Study of Lunar Regolith Obtained during the Apollo and Luna Space Programs Based on Principal Component Analysis
    Authors:
    Katzer, J.; Kobaka, J.; Seweryn, K.
    Academic press:
    Aerospace (rok: 2024, tom: Vol. 11(5), 348, strony: 11), Wydawca: MDPI Basel
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/aerospace11050348 - link to the publication
  10. Sensitivity analysis of the DEM model -numerical parameters on the value of the angle of repose of lunar regolith analogs
    Authors:
    Młynarczyk P, Kolusz A, Gallina A,
    Academic press:
    Artificial Satellites (rok: 2023, tom: 58, strony: 188-202), Wydawca: De Gruyter
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2478/arsa-2023-0022 - link to the publication
  11. Sensitivity analysis of the DEM model -numerical parameters on the value of the angle of repose of lunar regolith analogs
    Authors:
    Młynarczyk P, Kolusz A, Gallina A,
    Academic press:
    Artificial Satellites (rok: 2023, tom: 58, strony: 188-202), Wydawca: De Gruyter
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2478/arsa-2023-0022 - link to the publication
  12. Updating Intensity dataset acquired through laser scanning of lunar and Martian soil simulants" with additional lunar soil simulants specimens
    Authors:
    Damięcka-Suchocka M., Katzer J.
    Academic press:
    Data in Brief (rok: 2023, tom: Vol. 49, strony: 109435), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.dib.2023.109435 - link to the publication
  13. Magnetic Separation of Lunar Regolith as its Beneficiation for Construction Effort on the Moon
    Authors:
    Kobaka J., Katzer J., Seweryn K.
    Academic press:
    Artificial Satellites (rok: 2023, tom: Vol. 58, No. SI1 - 2023, strony: 203-213), Wydawca: De Gruyter
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2478/arsa-2023-0023 - link to the publication
  14. Estimation of the Needed Regolith for Covering Lunar Habitat by Protective Layer
    Authors:
    Konečný P., Katzer J., Kobaka J., Seweryn K.
    Academic press:
    Artificial Satellites (rok: 2023, tom: Vol. 58, No. SI1 - 2023, strony: 249-255), Wydawca: De Gruyter
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2478/arsa-2023-0026 - link to the publication
  1. Regression model for predicting soil properties in DEM simulations using dataset augmentation technique
    Authors:
    Kolusz A, Gallina A
    Book:
    Projektowanie i modelowanie urządzeń mechatronicznych : zagadnienia wybrane (rok: 2022, tom: NA, strony: 79-87), Wydawca: Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza w Krakowie
    Status:
    Published
  2. Regression model for predicting soil properties in DEM simulations using dataset augmentation technique
    Authors:
    Kolusz A, Gallina A
    Book:
    Projektowanie i modelowanie urządzeń mechatronicznych : zagadnienia wybrane (rok: 2022, tom: NA, strony: 79-87), Wydawca: Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza w Krakowie
    Status:
    Published