Originally purpose-built for NASA, DURALUNA NUW-LHT-5M now delivers a lunar regolith simulant of unmatched fidelity for today's lunar creators.
When the foremost experts in lunar exploration (that's NASA) and terrestrial materials (the USGS) turned to Washington Mills for our expertise, we felt that gravitational pull.
Washington Mills' core business is materials manufacturing—furnacing and milling—and has been for 157 years. We are the comprehensive mineral experts. The fusers and creators of synthetic materials.
We unlock the power of material properties. And we've been creating high-fidelity synthetic resources for cutting-edge industries for more than a century.
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with DURALUNA synthetic lunar simulant
DURALUNA — also known as NUW-LHT-5M — is the most representative high-fidelity lunar simulant available, more closely matching the regolith of the lunar highlands, including the Lunar South Pole, than any other synthetic material.
DURALUNA replicates the composition, content and particle size of true lunar samples collected during the Apollo missions. NUW-LHT-5M is the ideal material for the accurate, true-to-life testing of scientific, commercial and research applications related to future lunar landing sites, including the NASA Artemis mission docking sites.
The result of cooperative design and engineering between three foremost authorities in their fields, every letter of NUW-LHT-5M tells a piece of its story:
ASA
NITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
ASHINGTON MILLS
The knowledge of three expert organizations is carried over to create DURALUNA, the most representative lunar regolith simulant available.