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The ROxygen Project: Outpost-Scale Lunar Oxygen Production System Development at Johnson Space Center
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In 2009; the Augustine report reinforced the importance of in situ oxygen production as a critical technology for sustainable exploration. Engineers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Johnson Space Center have been working on making this critical technology a reality through the design, fabrication, and testing of two hydrogen reduction reactors, accomplished as part of the ROxygen project. Engineers built and extensively tested a small-scale reactor that provided key design parametrics for the second reactor—a large-scale vessel consistent with the scale required to produce 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) of oxygen per year. Once designed and fabricated, this large-scale reactor was tested in the laboratory and in the 2008 in situ research utilization field test on the slopes of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and in the laboratory at Johnson Space Center. This paper presents an overview of the approach taken, the high-level design information required, and the typical test data accrued for both the small-scale and large-scale reactors.
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“Sintering micro-trusses in a hydrogen environment may not necessarily result in a peak strength increase, but it has practical applications in oxygen and water collection for human use on the Moon through a reduction process of the ilmenite ( FeTiO 3 ) mineral found in Lunar regolith to metallic iron by hydrogen [94,256-258].”
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“Lockheed Martin and NASA's Glenn Research Center have developed prototypes for oxygen production from lunar soil using hydrogen reduction, namely the Precursor in-situ lunar oxygen testbed (PILOT) 106 and ROxygen 108 systems, with an oxygen yield of approximately 1%-2%.”
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“The reducing agents mainly include hydrogen, 106-110 carbon or methane, 26,111,112 and fluorine. 113”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lee, K. A., Oryshchyn, L., Paz, A., Reddington, M., & Simon, T. M.
- Affiliations
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lee, Kristopher A.
- Venue
- Journal of Aerospace Engineering
- Published
- 2013-01
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 67-73
- ISSN
- 0893-1321 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-5525
- OpenAlex
- W2112429753
- Cited by
- 42
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 5 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Aerospace Engineering (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Space and Planetary Science › Planetary Science and Exploration
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Space Exploration and Technology
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Spacecraft Design and Technology
- Keywords
- lunar oxygen production, in-situ resource utilization, nuclear reactor testing
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