Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1
NASA PRIME-1 was a lunar technology demonstration delivered on Intuitive Machines IM-2 in February 2025. Its TRIDENT drill and MSOLO mass spectrometer demonstrated subsurface regolith sampling and volatile analysis to improve knowledge of lunar resources and prepare in-situ resource utilization for Artemis missions.
Identity
- Aliases
- PRIME-1PRIME 1Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1PRIME-1 Lunar Drilling Demonstration
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1
- Status
- completed
- Types
- developmentexplorationresearchoperations
Details
- Description
- NASA PRIME-1 was a lunar technology demonstration delivered on Intuitive Machines IM-2 in February 2025. Its TRIDENT drill and MSOLO mass spectrometer demonstrated subsurface regolith sampling and volatile analysis to improve knowledge of lunar resources and prepare in-situ resource utilization for Artemis missions.
- Leads
- Parent Program
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2025-02-26
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 00:44:37 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 00:44:37 UTC
Other
- Official Urls
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/polar-resources-ice-mining-experiment-1-prime-1/https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/nasas-lunar-drill-technology-passes-tests-on-the-moon/https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/kennedy/nasas-polar-ice-experiment-paves-way-for-future-moon-missions/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20240006500