Terraxis

Unlocking the resources of the cosmos through new material processing technologies.

Created: 2022-02-06

Updated: 2024-10-02

Company - Terraxis

Founded
Country: 2020; USA

Funding: ?

Website: https://www.terraxis.space/

Product/Service - VaPRe

Classification: Space Resources

Category: ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Fields: Metal
Oxygen

Status: Development

First launch: Not announced

OASIS

Our flagship project, the Oxygen/Resource Acquisition System In-Situ (OASIS), employs a state-of-the-art vacuum pyrolysis reactor designed to extract valuable elements from lunar regolith. With OASIS, we provide NASA and other commercial partners with the capability to support a sustained presence on the moon. The OASIS reactor utilizes inductive power transfer to superheat lunar regolith, dissociating raw minerals into component molecules such as oxygen, iron, and aluminum.

At Terraxis, we believe that the future of lunar and other planetary and asteroid commercialization depends on the efficient utilization of space-based resources. Our unique approach to resource extraction will help humans stay on the surface of the Moon longer, support more exploration and revolutionize construction of sustainable infrastructures. The implementation of OASIS facilities will allow production of major resources required for human habitation and launch site and infrastructure development.

Our laboratory-based experiments to date show that the Terraxis reactor can make liberation of that oxygen a reality. Further, our approach can provide a key element of the infrastructure needed to support a robust lunar economy capable of in-situ production of Oxygen (O2) for fuel and human consumption along with generation of metals for use in launch pad on infrastructure development. The OASIS can provide NASA, DoD and other commercial industries the ability to support and expand a sustained presence on the Moon and beyond.

At the core for either the distributed or integrated system options are the feed system, the reactor, instrumentation, communication, control and product storage subsystems. The OASIS subsystems are envisioned to be compatible with solar panel generated direct current (DC) and fission power sources (600-3000V bus input).

Major advantages of the Terraxis reactor are that it can operate with unconditioned power and solar concentrator complexities associated with their development, transportation, assembly and operation are not necessary. It is assumed that adequate power sources will be available at any given OASIS distributed system or reactor integrated system site.

VaPRe (Vacuum Pyrolysis Reactor) - The future of in-situ resource utilization

Terraxis is committed to unlocking the potential of our solar system, and beyond. The VAPRE is a unique reactor capable of superheating materials, such as lunar regolith, to temperatures up to 3000 C, allowing for the extraction of many valuable elements from simple raw materials.

VAPRE is an active operational prototype that has proven its core capabilities in earth laboratory settings. It utilizes 21st century technology to offer a low-mass, high-performance resource extractor for extraterrestrial use,

Similar Organizations

778 Labs

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Early stage

Advanced Fuel Research

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing

Concept

Air Squared

Subsystems & Equipment, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Development

Airbus

ROXY

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Development

Astronika

GALAGO

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Mining, Commercial Rover

Concept

Azimut Space

HEBAM

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Resources - Energy, Hardware

Concept

Bechtel

In-Space Manufacturing, Space Construction Company, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Concept

Beyond Earth Resources

Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Beyond Earth Resources

Dormant

Blue Origin

Blue Alchemist

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Development

Branch Technology

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing

Concept

Budgie

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing, Commercial Space Station

Budgie

Concept

Cimbus

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Early stage

Crow Industries

Transport Service (LEO-Moon), ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Tug, In-Space Logistics

Concept

Darkoob

Lightweight Pressurized Chamber (LEXICON)

Resources - Asteroid Mining, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Darkoob

Concept, Dormant

Deep Space Industries

Xplorer, Prospector-1

Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Tug, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Dormant

Deimos Space Resources

Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Concept, Dormant

Dereum Labs

Jaguar 1

Commercial Rover, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing

Dormant

Diatomic Space

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Commercial Rover

Cancelled, Development

Eta Space

H2RENEW

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Raw Resources, Resources - Hydrogen

Development

ExLabs

Arachne Platform, Space Exploration and Resource Vehicle (SERV)

Active Debris Removal (ADR), Space Mining, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Development

Exoterra

Nano Icy Moons Propellant Harvester (NIMPH)

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Dormant

Exponential Deep Space

Resources - Asteroid Mining, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Dormant

Extra Terrestrial Power

Resources - Energy, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Concept, Launched

Finite Space

Commercial Rover, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing

Cancelled, Early stage

Lunar Water Supply Company

Resources - Asteroid Mining, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Early stage, Dormant

General Galactic

In-Space Manufacturing, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Development

Hanwha Systems

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Resources

Development

Helix Space

In-Space Manufacturing, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Helix Space

Development

High Frontier Mining Corporation

Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Early stage

Honda Motor

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Resources, Resources - Energy, Space Robotics, Robotic Arm

Development

Ierus Technologies

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing

Concept

Insistent Galactic Operations

Resources - Asteroid Mining, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Early stage

Interlune

Space Resources, Raw Resources, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Mining, Resources - Asteroid Mining

Development

International Scientific Technologies

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing

International Scientific Technologies

Concept

Interstellar Mapping

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Interstellar Mapping

Early stage

Kilncore

SpaceCUBE

In-Space Manufacturing, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Early stage

LGarde

In-Space Manufacturing, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Development

Linc Research

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing

Development

Liquifer Systems Group

Space Resources, Resources - Water, Space Architecture, Commercial Space Station, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Miscellaneous

Concept

Lotic Technologies

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Early stage

Lunar Outpost

MAPP, HL-MAPP

Commercial Rover, Surface Habitats, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Software & Mission Control

Development

Maana Electric

TerraBox

Resources - Energy, Resources - Oxygen, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing

Development

MAC SciTech

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Hardware, Life Support

Concept

Magna Petra

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Mining, Raw Resources

Development

Main Belt Company

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Mining

Early stage

May Marom

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Dormant

Metalysis

The Metalysis FFC Process for Extra-Terrestrial Oxygen Production from ISRU

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing, Resources - Metal, Resources - Oxygen

Development

Minima Design

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Early stage

Naicker Scientific

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Early stage

Nascent Semiconductor

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Early stage

Nexus Aurora

Orbital Can Station, MDRS FARMM

Commercial Space Station, Surface Habitats, In-Space Manufacturing, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Concept

Northrop Grumman

Space Junk Recycler

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing

Development

Odysseus Space

ASTRAEUS, CYCLOPS

Resources - Asteroid Mining, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Concept

OxEon Energy

Solid Oxide Electrolysis (SOXE)

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Demonstrated

Packer

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing

Packer Engineering

Dormant

Paragon

xEMU

Space Suits & Garments, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Development

Perspective Space-Tech

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Early stage

Physical Sciences

In-Space Manufacturing, Space Construction Company, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Development

Pioneer Astronautics

Extraterrestrial Metals Processing (EMP)

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Acquired, Development

Planetoid Mines

Lunar Excavation Vehicle

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Resources - Asteroid Mining, Lunar Data Center Network, Cislunar Space Logistics

Early stage

Polimak Space

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Resources - Asteroid Mining

Early stage

Puli Space

Puli Lunar Rover

Commercial Rover, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Resources - Asteroid Mining

Development

RedSpace

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Early stage

Redwire

Commercial Rover, Hardware, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Mining, Commercial Lander

Concept

Regolithix

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Propellant Refuel Station, Propellant Refilling

Development

Shackleton Energy

Oryx, Mini Space Brake (MSB)

Transport Service (Re-Entry), In-Space Manufacturing, Resources - Water, Resources - Asteroid Mining, Space Mining, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Dormant

Sierra Space

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Resources, Resources - Energy

Development

Sierra Space

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Development

Sira Space

In-Space Manufacturing, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Resources - Space Debris Utilization

Concept

Sixpenny

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Early stage

Skyhaven

In-Space Manufacturing, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Development

Skyre

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Resources - Oxygen, Resources - Hydrogen, Raw Resources

Development

Space Applications Services

ALCHEMIST

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Development

Space Cowboy ADR

Active Debris Removal (ADR), In-Space Manufacturing, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Space Cowboy ADR

Early stage

Space Industries

LREV

Raw Resources, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Resources - Oxygen, Commercial Rover

Dormant

Development

Vistacent

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing

Vistacent

Dormant

Vulcan Aerospace

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Dormant

WaterPuris

ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)

Early stage