SBIR/STTR Research Award
Immortal Molten Regolith Electrolysis Anode for Oxygen and Metals Extraction from Lunar Regolith (IMMORTAL)
Award amount
$849,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- LUNAR RESOURCES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2025-08-06
- Contract end date
- 2027-08-10
- UEI
- G3ZMPB72ELP8
- Solicitation number
- SBIR 2024-II
- Topic code
- Z12
Research abstract
The Immortal Molten Regolith Electrolysis Anode for Oxygen and Metals Extraction from Lunar Regolith (IMMORTAL) project addresses the need for scalable, efficient, and sustainable in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) to support long-term lunar and Martian presence. As NASA’s Artemis program and international efforts push for off-world self-sufficiency, reducing Earth dependence and cutting costs is essential. Traditional extraction methods are impractical in extraterrestrial environments due to high energy demands, environmental challenges, and limited adaptability. IMMORTAL’s MRE technology overcomes these barriers with a durable, economical, and process designed to withstand extreme conditions, enabling reliable oxygen, metal and metalloid production. This innovation supports NASA’s STMD sustainability goals while advancing commercial and international space mining efforts.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Helix Tactical Power Inverter
- Helix High-Power Pulsed Electromagnetic Microwave Power Supply (HEMPS)
- Immortal Molten Regolith Electrolysis Anode for Oxygen and Metals Extraction from Lunar Regolith (IMMORTAL)
- Lunar Joining of Elementary Structures (LUJES)
- Defeat of Smart Landmines Over Large Area Munitions (DISMOLA)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Vertical Lunar Regolith Conveyance for In-Situ Resource Utilization
- Multi-stage Oxygen and Regolith Resource Extractor
- Advancing Modular Conveying System: Modular Static Auger Systems for Bulk material Handling for Material Processing Plant Systems based on Planets, Small Bodies, and Moons
- Minimizing volatile sublimation during excavation
- Compact Integrated Sorting Technology for Oxygen and Regolith Treatment (CISORT)
Research funding history
27 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2019–2025). Reported award amounts total $15,404,872. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation