Insights & News

This week at LSC is all about testing shielding materials for human habitats on the Moon. The interplay between materials, space exploration environments, cosmic radiation, and lunar dust is full of surprises — every test adds to the growing library of space technology insights that will support

We just wrapped up a fascinating analysis on a complex propulsion system! It's incredible how a single non-rad-hardened circuit board reduced the expected mission lifespan from 5 years to just 7 months. These weak links remind us how interconnected space systems are and why space technology testing is so critical for reliable aerospace missions.

A great week here at LSC, an MIT start-up, still amazed at how we can virtually reach out and model how radiation from Earth to Neptune impacts long-term satellite health with our radiation simulation solution. Understanding space exploration across such vast distances never gets old — it’s a perfect blend of innovation and deep space modeling.

LSC (Lunar Station Corp), part of MIT Startup Exchange had the pleasure of presenting at the 2024 MIT Annual R&D Conference hosted by MIT Industrial Liaison Program. Lunar Station Corp is an MIT-connected startup focused on solving the data and insight challenges of lunar exploration. Our flagship technology, MoonHacker™, leverages advanced data fusion to provide critical insights for site selection, mobility solutions, radiation exposure, and more, helping aerospace companie

MoonHacker™ by Lunar Station Corp, an MIT start-up, focused on bringing innovation to space exploration offers a full-service radiation simulation solution, where our experts develop digital twins of your spacecraft, landers, or rovers and conduct detailed simulations to evaluate the impact of various natural and human made radiation sources on space hardware (sub-components to complex systems: like a satellite). Aerospace companies need better insights to successfully operat

Lunar Station will be participating in this years TIDE event, held annually in Chantilly, VA on August 28th, 2024. The Goal is to inform DoD and U.S. interagency partners with situational awareness and an understanding of the state of play of innovative technologies in a specified focus area for informing decision making that enhances strategic and operational capabilities. TIDE 2024 seeks to discover emerging capabilities that may produce surprising impacts during future con

Lunar Station was at the workshop being held at NASA's JPL site. It was exciting to share with other how we are creating and managing our Digital Twins. Dear Colleague, It is my distinct pleasure to invite you to a series of activities on the topic of “ Digital Twins for Cislunar and Lunar Surface Ecosystem ” on behalf of my colleagues from the Aerospace Corporation, Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL), NASA Langley (LaRC), and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). We w

Joining the MIT Startup Exchange (STEX) has been exceptional for us since the very beginning of our journey. In 2016, there were only a handful of MIT New Space startups. Now, eight years later, we are thrilled to be part of a dynamic community of new space startups, always eager to connect with fellow entrepreneurs dedicated to enhancing space capabilities! MIT STEX: https://startupexchange.mit.edu/

Our continued support of this important community will bring key innovations to lunar mission capabilities and technologies needed to turn resources into usable products for both the Moon and Earth over the decades. Nothing like seeing space gear here on Earth! Thanks to Astrolab for showing off their Flex Rover. Great to see the rover rolling thru APL this week.

INVITATION: NASA and the USGS welcome the community to a multi-agency effort to explore sensors, enabling technologies and platforms that will accelerate our ability to image the subsurface of planetary bodies, in pursuit of critical resource maps and new scientific understanding. These advancements, collectively supported by industry and international partners, will help build a new scientific understanding of off world and terrestrial resources and how those resources can

At this years MIT New Space Age Conference ( https://newspaceage.org ) the was a larger international presence than years before to help complete the global picture of the importance of the Moon. Geraldine Naja, Director of Commercialization, Industry and Procurement, ESA was excited to see the Lunar Resources Registry Lunar Map in Cambridge, MA - so much so, she took one home with her. Get yours from us here: https://www.lunarstation.net/product-page/lunar-resources-registr

"We have observed a rapid increase in new entrants into the Lunar Economy, and Lunar Station has been tasked with assisting them in achieving their organizational goals," said Blair DeWitt. It's not only start-ups using Lunar Station ™ for scaling processes; established aerospace companies have also sought the company's help for their expansion needs, driven by upcoming mission milestones. With the increasing pace of Artemis and Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) missi

Lunar Resources Registry has published a collectible map of the Moon that shows the locations of all known human activity and objects on the surface of the Moon, spanning 64 years and 74 unique locations, including the latest missions in 2023: iSpace’s Hakuto-R from Japan Luna 25 from Russia, and Chandrayaan-3 from India (which includes a rover) Each location is numbered, and the map has a table showing basic information per numbered mission such as Mission Name, Type, Descr

Join experts to discuss solutions for climate change from both Earth and space-based perspectives. As NASA almost had their HQ in Cambridge, we hope to concentrate individuals and companies that are passionate about space and our collective universe. This collaborative and action-driven event offers a unique platform to drive positive change in the fight against climate change. In the strict confines of space exploration, a blank, collective perspective is needed to survive w

Dennis Williams was in Luxemburg speaking at ESRIC's Space Resources Week sharing with the attendees of the event more insights about our MoonHacker ™ Intelligence Platform with regards to advanced minerology characterizations. Additionally Jeff Plate representing WGM (one of our strategic partners) shared wioth the audience lunar volatile characterization through MoonHacker ™ advanced capabilities. From a Payload article, "Interest in a prospective ISRU industry is not

NASA and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) are hosting an invitational workshop to inform the development of new technologies to detect and assess off-world mineral resources, as well as to identify alignments with advanced terrestrial applications. The workshop will bring together a diverse group of experts from national and international communities, leveraging existing and emerging terrestrial mineral resource technologies and partnerships to reduce risk and lower

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) are pleased to announce a workshop to facilitate collaboration between lander and rover providers and technology developers to share technologies that can enable survival through the lunar night. The Commercial Lunar Payload Services Survive the Night Technology Workshop is scheduled for December 6–8, 2022, at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, with an opportunity for vi

Global rocket launches reached an all-time high, driven largely by activity in the United States and China. In response to these evolving dynamics, SPACETIDE organized SPACETIDE 2022 to explore the new value being created by space business. Additionally, SPACETIDE launched AXELA, Japan’s first startup support program dedicated to the space sector. 2022 will be a crucial year for lunar exploration, with public and private missions planned by various countries. It is expected t

Here's a note from Alex Christopher, President, Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada "On behalf of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Board of Directors, I wish to personally thank you for contributing to the success of the PDAC 2022 Convention— our first in person and online convention. For 90 years, the PDAC Convention has remained the world’s mineral exploration and mining industry event of choice. To remain the leader, we must continually

The private sector is heading to the Moon – a world of potential resources like metal, water, and solar power, according to our guest on this week’s Here’s an Idea: Blair DeWitt, CEO and Co-founder of the Massachusetts-based Lunar Station Corporation. “When you look at how private enterprise globally is starting to see the Moon the way we’ve seen it for years, they’re seeing it as our eighth continent,” said DeWitt in our Here’s an Idea podcast. https://www.techbriefs.com/