Collaboration opportunities

Work with Cislune on lunar surface systems

Cislune collaborates with NASA programs, other US agencies, prime contractors, commercial space teams, universities, and field-test partners on practical lunar infrastructure problems.

Start a collaboration discussion

Cislune outreach table showing public-facing hardware and lunar surface infrastructure context — Cislune hardware provides a concrete starting point for conversations with agencies, primes, collaborators, and investors.

Best fit

Bring a concrete problem, test, or mission need.

Cislune is most useful when a partner needs to reduce risk around excavation, regolith processing, prepared surfaces, landing protection, autonomy, simulation, recycling, logistics, or field demonstrations.

Projects can begin with an early technical exchange, focused study, test article, simulation, field campaign, subsystem build, or integration effort.

Collaboration clusters

Where Cislune can help

ISRU and excavation: Tested PERDEX hardware and volatile-preservation work.
Excavation architectures: Bucket drums, RE-RASSOR-style concepts, and robotic excavation systems.
Regolith feedstocks: CISORT, beneficiation, sorting, and material preparation.
Surface infrastructure: GRASP, SHEARPREP, roads, berms, pads, and trafficability.
Construction materials: Geopolymer, CLSM production, pads, roads, and civil works analogs.
Landing protection: FLUFSCAN, plume-surface interaction, sensing, and surface protection.
Simulation and autonomy: SimMoon, TRUST, CITA, digital twins, and mission rehearsal.
Field logistics: Lucerne Valley analog testing, camper-supported operations, LunaRecycle, and BrightDrop-supported prototype transport.

Collaboration evidence

Visible capability makes the first conversation easier

PERDEX thermal-vacuum test context for volatile-aware excavation hardware — PERDEX hardware supports collaboration around ice-mining excavation and ISRU collection.

CARVE concept shown in Isaac Sim for surface-operations planning — Simulation helps partners explore surface operations before hardware is committed.

BrightDrop electric van logistics capability for prototype transport and field demonstrations — BrightDrop electric vans support prototype transport and field demonstration logistics.

PERDEX case study Break the Ice case study SimMoon case study

First conversation

A useful collaboration discussion answers four questions.

What needs to work?

Mission, demonstration, integration, test, production, logistics, or operations support.

Who is involved?

NASA program, other agency, prime contractor, commercial company, university, or test partner.

What proves value next?

Define the next field test, simulation, hardware build, or integration milestone.

What is the path?

Partnership, subcontract, technical interchange, test campaign, customer-funded work, or agency transition path.

Collaboration examples

Cislune is already working beyond its own lab.

Honeybee Robotics

Cislune has worked with Honeybee Robotics, a Blue Origin company, on PERDEX ice-mining excavation work, connecting Cislune’s volatile-aware excavation portfolio with experienced planetary robotics capability.

PERDEX case study

Lockheed Martin commercial work

Cislune is supporting Lockheed Martin on commercial lunar infrastructure work involving regolith-based surface systems, extending Cislune’s capabilities into customer-funded commercial development.

Break the Ice field proof

Cislune’s NASA Break the Ice Lunar Challenge work remains useful background for excavation, autonomy, field operations, and resource-handling conversations.

Break the Ice case study Cislune Mojave story Excavator updates NASA winner announcement NASA results paper

Open collaboration

The right starting point can be a test article, simulation need, field campaign, construction-material question, ISRU interface, logistics problem, or early technical exchange.

PERDEX hardware detail from thermal-vacuum testing and documentation — PERDEX hardware relevant to ice-mining and ISRU collaboration.

PERDEX thermal-vacuum test view for volatile-aware excavation hardware — Excavation hardware detail for partner discussions.

CARVE terrain planning view for robotic site preparation — Surface-planning simulation for customer studies.

SimMoon lunar operations rehearsal environment — Mission rehearsal and trusted autonomy context.

BrightDrop cargo-area view for prototype transport and field logistics — Prototype transport and field-test logistics.

CRATR wheel test bed construction in Cislune shop space — Shop workspace for rapid prototype iteration.

LunaRecycle process evidence for resource-handling work — Resource-handling and recycling demonstration evidence.

Break the Ice excavation setup and lunar analog testing — Analog excavation and challenge operations.

For NASA and agencies

Phase III can be part of the conversation when it fits.

Cislune’s NASA SBIR/STTR work can support Phase III discussions when a government requirement maps to technology that derives from prior awarded work. Cislune also welcomes studies, test campaigns, integration support, commercial work, and broader technical collaboration.

Discuss agency transition