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English: With the lights out, the ISRU Pilot Excavator digs in regolith bin during testing inside Swamp Works at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 28, 2022. Tests use a gravity assist offload system to simulate reduced gravity conditions found on the Moon. On the surface of the Moon, mining robots like the Pilot Excavator will excavate the regolith and take the material to a processing plant where usable elements such as hydrogen, oxygen and water can be extracted for life support systems. The Pilot Excavator can scoop up icy regolith which can be used to make operations on the Moon sustainable.

Date

Taken on 28 July 2022

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Author

NASA Kennedy Space Center / NASA/Frank Michaux

Frank Michaux
Description	photographer
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Source	Digital Still Image
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Image title	With the lights out, the ISRU Pilot Excavator digs in regolith bin during testing inside Swamp Works at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 28, 2022. Tests use a gravity assist offload system to simulate reduced gravity conditions found on the Moon. On the surface of the Moon, mining robots like the Pilot Excavator will excavate the regolith and take the material to a processing plant where usable elements such as hydrogen, oxygen and water can be extracted for life support systems. The Pilot Excavator can scoop up icy regolith which can be used to make operations on the Moon sustainable.
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Special instructions	07/28/2029
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Keywords	ISRU Pilot Excavator KSC Kennedy Space Center Moon NASA In Situ Resource Utilization ISRU robot excavator CLPS Commercial Lunar Payload Servies regolith
Sublocation of city shown	Swamp Works
IIM version	4

File:ISRU Pilot Excavator (KSC-20220728-PH-FMX01 0134).jpeg

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28 July 2022

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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

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0.00125 second

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2.8

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16 millimetre

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