Isru | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 01 Mar 2024

LIBS for prospecting and Raman spectroscopy for monitoring: two feasibility studies for supporting in-situ resource utilization

in Space Exploration

Kristin Rammelkamp
Susanne Schröder
Bethany A. Lomax
Elise Clavé
Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers

Frontiers in Space Technologies

doi 10.3389/frspt.2024.1336548

3,616 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 29 May 2024

Location-dependent flight cost difference from the lunar surface to an orbital fuel depot and its influence on in situ resource utilisation location selection

in Space Exploration

Sven J. Steinert
Paul Zabel
Dominik Quantius

Frontiers in Space Technologies

doi 10.3389/frspt.2024.1352213

2,205 views

Original Research

Published on 03 Nov 2025

Spirulina supported plant growth in regolith simulants and elevated levels of CO2

in Space Exploration

Kristen A. Miller
Dennis Terry Trevino
Gilbert Cauthorn

Frontiers in Space Technologies

doi 10.3389/frspt.2025.1651978

2,299 views

Perspective

Published on 02 Dec 2025

From Earth to Mars: a perspective on exploiting biomineralization for Martian construction

in Microbiotechnology

Shiva Khoshtinat
Jared Long-Fox
Seyed Mohammad Javad Hosseini

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1645014

5,510 views
1 citation

Brief Research Report

Published on 18 Nov 2021

Hydrogels Improve Plant Growth in Mars Analog Conditions

in Astrobiology

Frédéric Peyrusson

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2021.729278

8,873 views
11 citations

Original Research

Published on 06 Jun 2024

Autonomous construction of lunar infrastructure with in-situ boulders

in Space Exploration

Jonas Walther
Ryan Luke Johns
Hendrik Kolvenbach
Valentin Tertius Bickel
Marco Hutter

Frontiers in Space Technologies

doi 10.3389/frspt.2024.1345337

6,325 views
3 citations

Review

Published on 19 Jul 2023

Recent advances on ISRU technologies and study of microgravity impact on blood cells for deep space exploration

in Space Exploration

Giacomo Cao
Alessandro Concas
Roberto Orrù
Roberta Licheri
Elisa Sani
Aldo Dell’Oro
Giacomo Fais
Cristina Manis
Alessia Manca
Giuseppe Uras

Frontiers in Space Technologies

doi 10.3389/frspt.2023.1146461

4,941 views
3 citations

Review

Published on 04 Jan 2022

The Potential for Lunar and Martian Regolith Simulants to Sustain Plant Growth: A Multidisciplinary Overview

in Astrobiology

Luigi Giuseppe Duri
Antonio Giandonato Caporale
Youssef Rouphael
Simona Vingiani
Mario Palladino
Stefania De Pascale
Paola Adamo

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2021.747821

42,754 views
85 citations

Original Research

Published on 11 Oct 2021

Evaluating the Cost of Pharmaceutical Purification for a Long-Duration Space Exploration Medical Foundry

in Microbiotechnology

Matthew J. McNulty
Aaron J. Berliner
Patrick G. Negulescu
Liber McKee
Olivia Hart
Kevin Yates
Adam P. Arkin
Somen Nandi
Karen A. McDonald

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2021.700863

12,629 views
18 citations

Review

Accepted on 28 Feb 2026

Selection of Beneficial Fungi for Plants with the Potential to Metabolize Lunar and Martian Regolith

in Astrobiology

Jessica C Oliveira
Rafael Loureiro
Andrew George Palmer
Camila M Patreze

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Articles

LIBS for prospecting and Raman spectroscopy for monitoring: two feasibility studies for supporting in-situ resource utilization

Location-dependent flight cost difference from the lunar surface to an orbital fuel depot and its influence on in situ resource utilisation location selection

Spirulina supported plant growth in regolith simulants and elevated levels of CO2

From Earth to Mars: a perspective on exploiting biomineralization for Martian construction

Hydrogels Improve Plant Growth in Mars Analog Conditions

Autonomous construction of lunar infrastructure with in-situ boulders

Recent advances on ISRU technologies and study of microgravity impact on blood cells for deep space exploration

The Potential for Lunar and Martian Regolith Simulants to Sustain Plant Growth: A Multidisciplinary Overview

Evaluating the Cost of Pharmaceutical Purification for a Long-Duration Space Exploration Medical Foundry

Selection of Beneficial Fungi for Plants with the Potential to Metabolize Lunar and Martian Regolith