Astroport Space Technologies is a space construction and materials manufacturing company focused on utilizing planetary resources. They are developing technologies to transform lunar regolith (lunar dust) into durable feedstock for autonomous 3D construction printing of lunar surface infrastructure, such as landing pads and roads. Astroport operates as a technology venture arm of Exploration Architecture Corporation (XArc) and collaborates with organizations like NASA, DoD, and the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC). Key products and services include regolith refining technologies, autonomous robotic construction equipment, and civil engineering processes for site preparation.
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Astroport Space Technologies and Vermeer Corporation have a collaboration agreement to develop autonomous construction machinery for building a permanent human presence on the Moon.
Astroport Space Technologies and Venturi Astrolab completed a field demonstration using a prototype of a specialized lunar excavator payload.
Astroport Space Technologies and Venturi Astrolab signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a unified “Science-to-Construction” pipeline for lunar site preparation.
Sam Ximenes is the CEO of Astroport Space Technologies.
Astroport Space Technologies is developing construction material from lunar regolith and other lunar construction machinery.
Astroport Space Technologies and Exploration Architecture Corporation (XArc) received a combined $1,300,000 in NASA SBIR/STTR awards.
Astroport Space Technologies will send a payload on Mission 1 to test sorting lunar regolith to obtain grains suited for producing lunar bricks.
Astroport Space Technologies was awarded a second NASA Phase 1 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract for construction of landing pads on the Moon.
Astroport Space Technologies is partnering with The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to develop geotechnical engineering processes for Lunar Surface Site Preparation for Landing/Launch Pad and Blast Shield Construction.