CISLUNE PRESS AND MEDIA | September 4, 2026

ABOUT CISLUNE
Cislune develops machines and software for lunar excavation, robotics, and resource recovery. Based in Southern California, the team combines mechanical design, fabrication, electronics, controls, materials testing, and field operations. Its work includes PERDEX icy-regolith excavation, wheel-terrain testing, regolith processing, and SimMoon mission rehearsal. Cislune has received 15 NASA contracts and eight NASA competition awards since 2021, including the 2026 LunaRecycle Challenge Highest Mass Efficiency Prize for its CRAFTER recycling system.

PHOTOGRAPHY AND CAPTIONS
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Cislune logo.

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Cislune team members hold the 2026 NASA LunaRecycle Highest Mass Efficiency Prize check in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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PERDEX mechanism and material bed inside the test chamber.

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A wheel above the granular-material bed in the TREAD test rig.

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Cislune team and summer interns outside the Southern California shop.

CREDIT AND PERMISSIONS
Suggested credit: Cislune Inc. Contact https://cislune.com/contact/ to confirm publication permissions, technical context, alternate formats, or additional images. Do not imply NASA or partner endorsement.

BACKGROUND
Website: https://cislune.com/
Programs and awards: https://cislune.com/programs-awards/
Updates: https://cislune.com/updates/
NASA LunaRecycle results: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/prizes-challenges-crowdsourcing-program/centennial-challenges/nasa-awards-first-prize-in-phase-2-of-agencys-lunarecycle-challenge/
NASA Break the Ice results: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20240015957

Contract totals count executed NASA prime contracts once and exclude supplements and commercial contracts. Figures checked September 4, 2026.
