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A team of engineers participate in simulation training for the Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The purpose of the training is to get the integrated PRIME-1 team \u2013 engineers with PRIME-1\u2019s MSOLO (Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations) and Honeybee Robotics\u2019 TRIDENT (The Regolith and Ice Drill for Exploring New Terrain) drill \u2013 prepared to operate the instrument on the lunar surface. The team commanded the PRIME-1 hardware, located at Intuitive Machines in Houston, to operate MSOLO and TRIDENT.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile the MSOLO and TRIDENT teams have been independently training extensively, it\u2019s exciting to have both teams in the room together operating our hardware concurrently,\u201d said Pri Johnson, one of the MSOLO systems engineers. \u201cThere\u2019s a tangible energy in the room this week as we all work together for this mission simulation. It all started to feel very real!\u201d<\/p>\n
PRIME-1 is scheduled to launch through NASA\u2019s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Delivery Service) initiative and will be the first in-situ resource utilization demonstration on the Moon, with MSOLO and TRIDENT making up its two primary components. Through Artemis missions, CLPS deliveries will be used to perform science experiments, test technologies, and demonstrate capabilities to help NASA explore the Moon and prepare for human deep space exploration missions.<\/p>\n