DURALUNA
The most representative lunar highland simulant created to date.
Created by Washington Mills, in partnership with NASA and the USGS.
Crafted by the experts. Built for the mission.
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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NUW-LHT-5M
DURALUNA — also known as NUW-LHT-5M — is the most representative high-fidelity lunar highland simulant available, more closely matching the regolith of 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 NASA-approved 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.
Knowledge fused in the name
The result of a cooperative partnership between three foremost authorities in their fields, every letter of NUW-LHT-5M tells a piece of its story:
N
ASA
U
NITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
W
ASHINGTON MILLS
The knowledge of three expert organizations together make DURALUNA the most representative lunar regolith simulant available.