Fundamental Regolith Properties, Handling, and Water Capture (FLEET)
Completed NASA Game Changing Development portfolio led by Glenn Research Center that matured three lunar and Mars ISRU capabilities: an ultrasonic blade for reduced-force excavation, a vertical lunar regolith conveyor for soil transport under lunar gravity and vacuum, and an ice-tanker water-capture concept for low-pressure vapor. FLEET advanced common handling, transport, excavation, and water-recovery data for rovers, augers, ISRU plants, construction, and volatile transport.
Identity
- Aliases
- FLEETFundamental Regolith Properties Handling and Water CaptureUltrasonic Blade, Regolith Transport, and Water Capture Portfolio
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- Fundamental Regolith Properties, Handling, and Water Capture (FLEET)
- Status
- completed
- Types
- developmentresearchoperations
Details
- Description
- Completed NASA Game Changing Development portfolio led by Glenn Research Center that matured three lunar and Mars ISRU capabilities: an ultrasonic blade for reduced-force excavation, a vertical lunar regolith conveyor for soil transport under lunar gravity and vacuum, and an ice-tanker water-capture concept for low-pressure vapor. FLEET advanced common handling, transport, excavation, and water-recovery data for rovers, augers, ISRU plants, construction, and volatile transport.
- End Date
- 2025-04-30
- Leads
- Parent Program
- Participants
- Start Date
- 2020-10-01
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 02:17:27 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 02:17:27 UTC