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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Interlune plans to use revenue from terrestrial helium-3 sales to fund hydrogen extraction for rocket propellant and site preparation for NASA’s Artemis Base Camp.
Interlune has secured nearly $500 million in binding purchase orders for helium-3.
Interlune is a Seattle-based company that aims to extract helium-3 from lunar regolith.
Interlune plans to scale to industrial-level lunar operations by the early 2030s.
Interlune plans to deploy larger autonomous harvesters and a dedicated cargo return system to support regular shipments of helium-3 back to Earth.
Interlune’s payload will use mechanical and thermal processes to harvest solar wind-implanted gases from lunar regolith.
The Interlune contract is for an 18-month project to develop a payload suite for extracting and measuring helium-3 and hydrogen from lunar regolith.
Interlune expects the Moonbase infrastructure to be essential to its business even if it does not operate adjacent to the base.
Interlune’s Prospect Moon mission is slated for 2028.
Interlune’s Prospect Moon mission will provide the first on-site measurements of volatile gases released by direct heating of regolith on the lunar surface.
Interlune received a $6.9 million NASA Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract from NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate.
Interlune recently signed a Space Act Agreement with the Johnson Space Center for collaboration with its astromaterials division.
Interlune plans to extract helium-3 from the Moon.
Interlune received $4.84 million from the Texas Space Commission to create a Lunar Simulant Center of Excellence near the Johnson Space Center.
Astrolab and Interlune are planning hardware testing of the integrated excavation technology in Houston.
The Texas Space Commission (TSC) provides partial funding to the Interlune Research Lab.
The Houston-based Interlune Research Lab (IRL) develops and tests highly specialized lunar regolith simulants.
Interlune’s mobilized excavation technology is intended to support Moon base site preparation tasks such as construction of roads, berms, and other structures for commercial and government customers.
Astrolab and Interlune reached an agreement to integrate Interlune excavation technology onto Astrolab’s Flexible Logistics and Exploration Vehicle (FLEX).
Interlune has partnered with Vermeer Corporation to develop technology for high-volume, continuous excavation on the Moon.