Interlune, founded in 2020, is a natural resources company aiming to be the first to commercialize resources from space. Their primary focus is developing technology to extract Helium-3 from lunar regolith for use in quantum computing, fusion reactors, and other applications. Interlune plans to launch resource development missions in 2027 and establish a pilot plant on the Moon by 2029. The company has received funding from private investors, NASA, and the U.S. Department of Energy.
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The Bluefors-Interlune contract is for Bluefors to purchase helium-3 from Interlune.
Bluefors signed a contract with Interlune that could be worth $300 million.
Venturi Astrolab and its teammates Axiom Space, Interlune, and Odyssey Space Research will deliver CLV-1 and related services supporting both crewed and robotic surface missions.
A multicolor camera and radiometer from NASA’s Ames Research Center and Interlune will estimate the concentration of Helium-3 in lunar regolith.
NASA awarded Interlune of Seattle a $6.9 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract in May 2026 to develop and test flight hardware for lunar regolith resource prospecting.
Interlune’s lunar regolith resource prospecting technology was at Technology Readiness Level 6 as of early 2026.
Interlune has secured funding and contracts from NASA, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Texas Space Commission, and several commercial customers.
The NASA contract will fund Interlune’s first attempt to measure volatile gases by heating lunar regolith on the Moon’s surface.
Interlune has nearly $500 million in binding purchase orders for helium-3, including agreements with the U.S. Department of Energy and multiple quantum computing companies.
Under the NASA contract, Interlune will design, build, and test engineering development units and flight hardware.
Interlune has raised $18 million to date.
Interlune is a Seattle-based lunar resources company.
Interlune’s payload system includes a robotic arm and scoop, a size-sorting device, mechanisms to extract solar wind gases via mechanical and thermal processes, a multispectral camera to estimate helium-3 concentrations, and a mass spectrometer based on NASA’s MSOLO instrument.
Interlune built and tested payload prototypes on parabolic aircraft flights simulating lunar gravity through prior work with NASA’s Flight Opportunities program and the National Science Foundation.
NASA awarded Interlune a $6.9 million sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract under a Small Business Innovation Research Phase III agreement.
Interlune will develop a payload suite capable of capturing on-site measurements of gases in lunar regolith and demonstrating resource extraction technologies for helium-3 and hydrogen.
Interlune’s payload is targeted for a 2028 launch on a commercial robotic lander developed under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
Demand for Interlune’s helium-3 comes from the quantum computing, medical imaging, and national security sectors.
Interlune includes Apollo 17 geologist Harrison Schmitt as Executive Chairman.
Interlune will integrate the payload onto a commercial lander through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program after completion of the Phase III engineering development units.