{"id":195465,"date":"2025-01-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/glams-project-advances-3d-printed-lunar-regolith-structures-aerospace-am\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T00:00:00","slug":"glams-project-advances-3d-printed-lunar-regolith-structures-aerospace-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/glams-project-advances-3d-printed-lunar-regolith-structures-aerospace-am\/","title":{"rendered":"GLAMS project advances 3D printed lunar regolith structures Aerospace AM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been significant interest over the years in leveraging <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\">3D printing<\/a> technologies to manufacture structures on the moon. Key to these investigations has been lunar soil, also known as lunar regolith, the layer of unconsolidated rock that covers the moon\u2019s entire surface that is created by the recurrent impacts of meteoroids and other space p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\">art<\/a>icles. Lunar regolith has the potential to be made into a 3D printable construction material, which would enable astronauts to eventually build structures on the moon from local materials (dramatically minimizing the need to transport materials from E<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\">art<\/a>h). One of the projects investigating the use of lunar regolith with <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\">3D printing<\/a> is Italian initiative GLAMS.<\/p>\n<p>GLAMS, which stands for Geopolymers for Additive Manufacturing and Lunar Monitoring, is a two-year project that has the goal of developing structural components for lunar bases using <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\">3D printing<\/a> technologies and a lunar-regolith based material. Funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and launched in 2023, the project brings together p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\">art<\/a>ners from across the country, including the University of Padua\u2019s Center for Space Studies and Activities (CISAS), the Genoa-based Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry and Energy Technologies of the CNR (ICMATE), and WASP, a <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\">3D printing<\/a> specialist based out of Massa Lombarda.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1436834456639119594.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The initial focus of the project has been to develop and optimize geopolymer binders created from lunar regolith. Specifically, University of Padua professors Luca Valentini and Giorgia Franchin created the cement-like geopolymer material using lunar soil p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\">art<\/a>icles and chemical activation. ICMATE team members have then been working to prepare the material for <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\">3D printing<\/a> by adding foaming agents to the regolith-based mixture to create a building material with a printable viscosity and a macro-porous structure.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eaeaea7a;padding: 15px 30px;align-items: center;border-radius: 4px;box-shadow: -1px 4px 20px 0px #dedede;margin-top: 1em;margin-bottom: 1em\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1;padding-right: 30px\">\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 14px\">Manufacturing on Demand<\/h4>\n<div>Online manufacturing service that meets your most stringent requirements. Get competitive quotes and put your parts into production.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"background-color: #0baee8;color: white;padding: 10px 20px;border-radius: 4px\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-fw auxicon auxicon-cloud-upload\"><\/i> Get Quote<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\">3D printing<\/a> portion of the project, which is essential to testing the material\u2019s printability as well as the strength and integrity of printed structures, is relying on the WASP 40100 LDM 3D printer, a medium-sized printing platform designed to process fluid-dense materials like clay, stoneware, porcelain and e<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\">art<\/a>henware. The 3D printer has also been equipped with a Manual Feeding System Extruder, which expands its capabilities to handle concrete and geopolymer materials.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2693449826886265704.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\">  <\/p>\n<p>Post-printing, the sample structures will be integrated with sensors that can monitor the lunar regolith material\u2019s properties and behavior over time as well as in response to \u201cmicro-meteoric impacts\u201d. Ultimately, the 3D printed structures made from the regolith must be able to withstand the harsh <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/environment\" target=\"_blank\">environment<\/a> of the moon\u2019s surface, which is not only subjected to meteoroid impacts but also extreme temperature variations.<\/p>\n<p>To date, the p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\">art<\/a>ners have 3D printed their first geopolymer samples, which were recently presented at the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Milan. Though small, the 3D printed structures represent a promising advancement for the future of lunar habitations and settlements. As WASP states: \u201cThe hope is that the GLAMS Project will help meet the needs of space agencies by creating semi-permanent human settlements on the Moon within the next decade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GLAMS is one of several projects around the world investigating the use of lunar soil to create functional materials. In another p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\">art<\/a>icularly innovative project, which brings together the University of Texas at El Paso and NASA, researchers are developing rechargeable batteries made from Lunar and M<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\">art<\/a>ian regolith. The batteries, based on a sodium-ion battery chemistry, could be used in space as well as here on E<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\">art<\/a>h.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size: 16px;border-left: 4px solid #cdcdcd;border-radius: 4px;background-color: #f9f9f9;font-weight: 500;color: dimgrey\">\n<h5 style=\"margin-bottom: 6px\">You might also like:<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxelmatters.com\/3d-printing-construction-firm-icon-to-make-significant-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\">3D printing construction firm ICON to make significant layoffs: <\/a>We\u2019ve followed ICON closely over the years, since its construction 3D printing technologies\u2014comprising the Vulcan gantry system for single-story homes and the newer Phoenix robotic system, capable of multi-level builds\u2014have proven to be viable for manufacturing habitable homes. Earlier this year, for instance, eight 3D printed homes manufactured by ICON went on sale in Wimberley Springs, a development just south of Austin, Texas. The company has also been working on a number of other construction projects, including the first 3D printed hotel and residences in Marfa, Texas, and the expansion of the Community First! Village with the construction of 100 new homes. This initiative, in partnership with Mobile Loaves &amp; Fishes, seeks to eventually provide housing to 1,800 formerly unhoused people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;color: grey\">* This article is reprinted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voxelmatters.com\/glams-project-advances-3d-printed-lunar-regolith-structures\/\" target=\"_blank\">3D Printing Media Network<\/a>. If you are involved in infringement, please contact us to delete it.<\/p>\n<p><i class=\"far fa-fw fa-user\"><\/i> Author:&nbsp;Tess Boissonneault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been significant interest over the years in leveraging 3D printing technologies to manufacture structures on the moon. Key to these investigations has been lunar soil, also known as lunar regolith, the layer of unconsolidated rock that covers the moon\u2019s entire surface that is created by the recurrent impacts of meteoroids and other space particles. Lunar regolith has the potential to be made into a 3D printable construction material, which would enable astronauts to eventually build structures on the moon from local materials (dramatically minimizing the need to transport materials from Earth). 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