Lunar Lava Tube Mission

XArc invited to discuss its concept paper on development of lunar lava tube reconnaissance mission planning and technologies for planetary cave exploration. The presentation was made at the First International Planetary Cave Research Workshop: Implications for Astrobiology, Climate, Detection, and Exploration, Carlsbad, NM 10/25 – 10/28, 2011.

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Industrializing the Moon: Following Successful Lunar Excavator Demo, Astroport Space Technologies and Astrolab Sign MOU to Deliver Critical Lunar Infrastructure

Feb 2026

SAN ANTONIO [Feb. 3, 2026] /PRNewswire/ — Astroport Space Technologies, Inc., the premier provider of autonomous lunar construction solutions, and Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab), a leader in planetary robotics, today announced the successful conclusion of a field demonstration using a prototype of a specialized lunar excavator payload. This milestone marks the first in a planned suite of automated lunar construction solutions designed to pave the way for future lunar construction projects.

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