Lunar Regolith Simulant Center of Excellence Will Seed a Lunar Economy Hub

SEATTLE , Sept. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Interlune , a natural resources company, today announced that it has been awarded up to $4.84 million in a grant from the Texas Space Commission (TSC) to develop and test highly specialized simulants of Moon dirt, or regolith. Interlune will use the grant funds, along with internal investment, to create a Lunar Regolith Simulant Center of Excellence near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas . Simulated lunar regolith is crucial to testing technology and equipment being developed by myriad companies and government agencies, including instruments, landers, rovers, and other equipment.

"Lunar regolith is different from dirt here on Earth, so a highest-fid

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