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MLS-1 | Lunar Simulant Atlas

Simulants

MLS-1

Lunar mareUnited StatesAvailability: not producedFidelity: Not extracted yetProducer: University of Minnesota

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Chemical composition

18 measurements | 17 source tables

Reference	SiO₂wt%	TiO₂wt%	Al₂O₃wt%	FeOwt%	Fe₂O₃wt%	MgOwt%	CaO

Richter (1992) Experimental Determination of In Situ Utilization of Lunar Regolith for Thermal Energy Storage	43.86	6.32	13.68	13.40	2.60	6.68	10.13	2.12	0.281	0.198	-	0.20	-	-	-	-	-
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Tucker (1992) Glass fiber processing for the Moon/Mars program	43.86Average45.90Maximum41.70Minimum	6.32Average7.43Maximum4.82Minimum
Tucker (1991) Differential thermal analysis of lunar soil simulant	43.86Average45.90Maximum41.70Minimum	6.32Average7.43Maximum4.82Minimum
Tucker (1991) Differential thermal analysis of lunar soil simulant	-	-	-	-	2.60Average4.10Maximum0.90Minimum	-
Eick (1996) Dissolution of a lunar basalt simulant as affected by pH and organic anions	45.0	5.2	15.3	14.2	1.2	5.6
Eick (1996) Dissolution of a lunar basalt simulant as affected by pH and organic anions	55.67Feldspar — MLS-151.88Pyroxene — MLS-135.07Olivine — MLS-10.02Ilmenite — MLS-1	0.09Feldspar — MLS-10.64Pyroxene — MLS-1
Hill (2007) Apollo sample 70051 and high‐ and low‐Ti lunar soil simulants MLS‐1A and JSC‐1A: Implications for future lunar exploration	42.8^*	6.77^*	12.1^*	16.3ᵉ^*
Hill (2007) Apollo sample 70051 and high‐ and low‐Ti lunar soil simulants MLS‐1A and JSC‐1A: Implications for future lunar exploration	0^*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hill (2007) Apollo sample 70051 and high‐ and low‐Ti lunar soil simulants MLS‐1A and JSC‐1A: Implications for future lunar exploration	55.6 (5)^Plagioclase35.4 (11)^Olivine0.05 (1)^Ti-magnetite51.3 (6)^Cpxᵇ52.1 (3)^*
Liu (2026) In Situ Synthesis of Agglutinitic Glass and Np‐Fe⁰ in a Chang'E‐5 Lunar Regolith Simulant for Multi‐Scale High Fidelity	43.86	6.32	13.68	16	-	6.68
Li (2019) The Preparation and Characterization of NEU-1 Lunar Soil Simulants	43.86	6.32	13.68	-	16.00	6.68
Kanamori (1998) Properties of Lunar Soil Simulant Manufactured in Japan	43.9	6.3	13.7	13.4	2.6	6.7
Jiang (2012) Properties of TJ-1 Lunar Soil Simulant	43.86^*	6.32^*	13.68^*	13.40^*
Zhou (2024) Properties and Characteristics of Regolith-Based Materials for Extraterrestrial Construction	43.86	6.320	13.68	16.00	-	6.68
Hou (2019) Constitutive properties of irregularly shaped lunar soil simulant particles	47.3	1.6	17.8	10.5	-	9.6
Miller (2009) Lunar soil as shielding against space radiation	42.8^*	6.77^*	12.1^*	16.3^*	-
Ryu (2015) Basic Study for a Korean Lunar Simulant (KLS-1) Development	47.3^*	1.6^*	17.8^*	10.5^*	-
Xie (2017) Aluminothermic Reduction-Molten Salt Electrolysis Using Inert Anode for Oxygen and Al-Base Alloy Extraction from Lunar Soil Simulant	-	-	-	-	-	~0.21	~0.59	-

Property literature coverage for MLS-1

Peer-reviewed scientific publications reporting measurements, characterization methods, and experimental evidence for MLS-1.

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Physical properties

Particle, density, pore, optical, transport, acoustic, and agglutinate coverage.

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Papers

3 papers with accepted evidence

Design and characterization of GRC-1: A soil for lunar terramechanics testing in Earth-ambient conditions

H. A. Oravec, X. Zeng, V. M. Asnani | 2010 | Journal of Terramechanics

DOI 10.1016/j.jterra.2010.04.006

Particle sizeParticle size distribution

Simulants: MLS-1

Open paper

Lunar Regolith Simulant User’s Guide: Revision A

A. Slabic, J. E. Gruener, R. N. Kovtun, D. L. Rickman, L. Sibille, H. A. Oravec, J. Edmunson, S. Keprta | 2010 | NASA Technical Memorandum

DOI pending

Bulk densityCohesive strengthParticle shapeParticle size distributionShear strength

Simulants: MLS-1

Experiments and methods: Shear testing

Open paper

Dissolution of a lunar basalt simulant as affected by pH and organic anions

M. Eick, P. Grossl, D. Golden, D. Sparks, D. Ming | 1996 | Geoderma

DOI 10.1016/s0016-7061(96)00055-9

Chemical compositionParticle size distribution

Simulants: MLS-1

Experiments and methods: BET surface area, Nitrogen adsorption / BET, Particle size distribution

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