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session 2C

Title: Moon Exploration – Part 3
type: oral
Description: This session will address current and future lunar missions. The session will address orbital missions, robotic surface missions, as well as life sciences on the Moon, resource utilisation and preparatory activities for future solar system exploration.
Date: 2025-10-03
Time: 13:45
Room: Room C4.5

IPC members

Co-Chair: Prof. Bernard Foing, ILEWG "EuroMoonMars", The Netherlands;
Co-Chair: Dr. David Korsmeyer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Ames Research Center, United States;
Rapporteur: Dr. Sylvie Espinasse, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands;
Rapporteur: Dr. Nadeem Ghafoor, Avalon Space, Canada;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
2	13:45	Study of the lunar south pole resources through remote sensing in support of the upcoming missions	10	confirmed	Ms. Roksana Sheikholmolouki	University of Sherbrooke	Canada
3	13:55	Conceptual Design of Communication System for the Pressurized Rover “Lunar Cruiser”	10	confirmed	Ms. Aya Asamura	TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION	Japan
4	14:05	TIME: Timeline for Immediate Moon Expeditions [TIME]	10	confirmed	Mr. Madhu Thangavelu	University of Southern California	United States
5	14:15	Exploring Lunar Lava Tubes with Legged Robotics (asagumo): Testing in Iceland for STEM, Space Exploration, and Moon Missions	10	confirmed	Mr. Pavlo Tanasyuk	Spacebit Global Ltd	United Kingdom
6	14:25	Advancing Project Vayusathi A Sustainable Inflatable Lunar Habitat for Long-Duration Missions	10	confirmed	Mr. Gourav Mohanan	Dayananda Sagar University	India
7	14:35	Autonomous Swarm Robotics for the Recycling of Lunar Space Debris: A Sustainable Approach to In-Situ Resource Utilization	10	confirmed	Mr. Andrea Santamaria	Politecnico di Torino	Italy
8	14:45	A flower in Space for the Moon	10	confirmed	Prof. Bernard Foing	ILEWG "EuroMoonMars"	The Netherlands
9	14:55	Australian Lunar Experiment Promoting Horticulture: First Mission and Payload Description	10	confirmed	Dr. Graham Dorrington	RMIT University, Australia	Australia
10	15:05	Advancing Regolith-Based Agriculture Through Simulant Characterization and Hydraulic Modeling	10	confirmed	Ms. Cassidy Brozovich	The Ohio State University	United States
11	15:15	Africa's Lunar Radio Astronomy Mission: Africa2Moon	10	confirmed	Dr. Adriana Marais	Foundation for Space Development South Africa	South Africa
12	15:25	Analog Study of Silicic Volcanism Using a Handheld Gamma-Ray Neutron Spectrometer at the San Francisco Volcanic Field, Arizona	10	confirmed	Ms. Deniz Ölçek	University of Oslo	Norway
13	15:35	constructing shuttle-mode architecture in cislunar space for reusable flight vehicles	10	confirmed	Mr. Chenyu Zhang	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC)	China
14	15:45	Costa Rican Laboratory for Space Systems Operations with Ground Simulator in Support of Rover Mobility Evaluation (LABCOS)	10	confirmed	Ms. Nicolle Gamboa Mena	Descubre Robótica	Costa Rica
15	15:55	Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) Project: Advancing Oxygen Extraction for Artemis Lunar Surface Operations	10	confirmed	Mr. Koorosh Araghi	NASA	United States