Interlune

Interlune is a space company that is developing infrastructure for sustained work on the Moon. Its focus is the harvesting of resources found there. The company says it serves commercial and government customers on Earth and in space.

The company groups its work into three areas. Space infrastructure covers site preparation and construction, material processing and resource harvesting, and cargo return. Survival products and services cover dust and charge modeling and mitigation, design for extreme environments, regolith simulant development and testing, and thermal control and heat rejection.

The third area is natural resources. The site lists helium-3, hydrogen, helium, oxygen, water, nitrogen, rare earth elements, industrial metals such as aluminum, iron and titanium, and silicon. Interlune says it has secured more than $500 million in binding purchase orders for helium-3, along with research and development funding from companies and agencies.

The leadership team has long space industry experience. Rob Meyerson is the CEO and was previously President of Blue Origin. Indra Hornsby is the COO, with a background that includes Rocket Lab, BlackSky and MDA. Gary Lai is the CTO and was a Chief Architect at Blue Origin. James Antifaev is Head of Product. Harrison Schmitt, an Apollo 17 astronaut, former senator and geologist, serves as a strategic advisor.

The company states a mission to create a sustainable and responsible in-space economy. It says it works with industry partners and federal agencies to build the technologies, infrastructure and markets for a lasting presence on the Moon, Mars and beyond. The website has press releases, a blog, a careers page and a contact form for customers, partners, team members and journalists.