The Institute of Aerospace Engineering at Brno University of Technology (BUT) has contributed to the development and manufacturing of equipment for a European Space Agency (ESA) project led by GMV. The BUT team has successfully completed the implementation and assembly of the equipment and delivered it to the project partners at PIAP Space.
The equipment is currently undergoing environmental testing in a thermal vacuum chamber, where it is exposed to vacuum conditions, extreme temperatures, and dust to simulate the lunar environment. The tests aim to verify its functionality across a temperature range from −173.15 °C to +127 °C. If the concept is successfully validated, the team plans to participate in the full-scale implementation of the system for a larger lunar module.
