Tag: Jacob Ortega

S&T student awarded NASA fellowship to develop method to extract moon metal  

Posted by on September 12, 2025

When some people look at the moon’s dusty, gray surface, they see multiple obstacles standing in the way of humans building permanent structures there. When Jacob Ortega looks at it, he sees an opportunity to turn its surface materials into aluminum for lunar construction. 

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S&T moon metals research team receives NASA award

Posted by on December 14, 2023

A multidisciplinary team of Missouri S&T students was one of seven finalists in NASA’s 2023 Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-Changing Idea (BIG Idea) Challenge: Lunar Forge. 

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Manufacturing moon metal: Missouri S&T students conduct research for NASA challenge

Posted by on June 15, 2023

An aerospace engineering Ph.D. student at Missouri University of Science and Technology is leading a team of 12 undergraduate students on a research project that is literally out of this world. The group recently received funding to continue its work for NASA’s 2023 Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-Changing Idea (BIG Idea) Challenge: Lunar Forge.

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