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Lunar Operations Field Guide: Lunar Designated Areas
Lunar Operations Field Guide: Lunar Designated Areas

This operations guide explores real-world scenarios at high-interest lunar sites, applying a novel three-ring safety area framework with a special focus on nuclear FSP integration. It offers actionable tools and policy insights for safe, collaborative exploration and resource management. 

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Lunar PNT: Enabling a Resilient and Accessible PNT Infrastructure for Lunar Exploration
Lunar PNT: Enabling a Resilient and Accessible PNT Infrastructure for Lunar Exploration

This White Paper explores Lunar PNT: Enabling a Resilient and Accessible PNT Infrastructure for Lunar Exploration

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Payload(Bay) X: A Modular Approach to Sustainable Lunar Operations
Payload(Bay) X: A Modular Approach to Sustainable Lunar Operations

This paper explores the potential of the Payload(Bay) X concept to advance progress towards sustaining a permanent human presence on the Moon.


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Lunar Scenario Simulations: Tabletops, Simulations, and Exercises
Concept
Governance
Lunar Scenario Simulations: Tabletops, Simulations, and Exercises
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Governance

Open Lunar’s tabletop simulations translate complex lunar governance challenges into shared, actionable insight for the global space community.

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Governance
Designated Lunar Areas
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Environmental Stewardship, Resource Management, Regulatory
Designated Lunar Areas
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Environmental Stewardship, Resource Management, Regulatory

Exploring an open-access model(s) that facilitates inclusive, peaceful exploration and development in line with Articles I and II of the Outer Space Treat.

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Environmental Stewardship, Resource Management, Regulatory
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)
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Information Sharing, Shared Infrastructure
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)
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Information Sharing, Shared Infrastructure

Working to enable more reliable PNT services to support the growing need within lunar missions.

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Information Sharing, Shared Infrastructure
Payload X
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Shared Infrastructure
Payload X
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Shared Infrastructure

Working to advance sustainable lunar habitation through innovative life support systems.

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Shared Infrastructure
Lunar Power Standards
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Shared Infrastructure, Open Standards
Lunar Power Standards
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Shared Infrastructure, Open Standards

Working to accelerate lunar development through standardized power solutions

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Shared Infrastructure, Open Standards
Lunar Accidents, Incidents, and Issues Reporting System
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Shared Infrastructure, Information Sharing
Lunar Accidents, Incidents, and Issues Reporting System
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Shared Infrastructure, Information Sharing

Working to ensure safe and sustainable Lunar operations through a safety reporting system

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Shared Infrastructure, Information Sharing
Community Payload Guidelines
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Governance, Environmental Stewardship
Community Payload Guidelines
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Governance, Environmental Stewardship

Working to establish ethical standards for lunar payloads, promoting responsible space exploration.

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Governance, Environmental Stewardship
Cooperative Lunar Landing Pads
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Shared Infrastructure
Cooperative Lunar Landing Pads
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Shared Infrastructure

Working to enable sustainable lunar exploration through collaborative landing infrastructure.

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Shared Infrastructure
Lunar Timekeeping
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Information Sharing, Open Standards
Lunar Timekeeping
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Information Sharing, Open Standards

Working to explore establishing  lunar time standardization for enhanced space navigation and mission coordination.

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Information Sharing, Open Standards
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Inside COPUOS: How the United Nations Is Shaping Lunar Governance
Open Lunar Updates
Inside COPUOS: How the United Nations Is Shaping Lunar Governance
Open Lunar Updates

In this post, we explore Open Lunar’s role as a Permanent Observer to COPUOS. We speak with Hasan Abbas about how the forum functions in practice and how today’s debates are shaping the future of lunar governance.

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Open Lunar Updates
We can build cities on the Moon—but who will govern them?
Open Lunar Updates
We can build cities on the Moon—but who will govern them?
Open Lunar Updates

Amid a global lunar rush, will we land peaceful norms alongside our spacecraft? 

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Open Lunar Updates
Open Lunar’s Origin Story
Open Lunar Updates
Open Lunar’s Origin Story
Open Lunar Updates

Open Lunar is a nonprofit founded by a global community—some of the field’s most experienced and visionary minds. Open Lunar is dedicated to ensuring that when humanity returns to the Moon, we do so in a way we can be proud of.

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