Capability profile

LunaPure Lunar Water Purification

Purify water extracted from lunar polar regions through a self-contained, low-maintenance and sustainable system intended to support long-duration human and robotic exploration while informing terrestrial water-treatment innovation.

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Development-stage lunar water-purification system

Capability overview

Core features

Self-contained process
Low-maintenance design
Lunar polar-water contaminant treatment
Sustainable operating concept
Aqualunar Challenge grand-prize winner

Defence and security uses

Lunar life support
Oxygen and fuel feedstock preparation
Long-duration space missions
Terrestrial water-purification adaptation

What sets it apart

No source-supported differentiators are published yet.

Maturity

Maturity fields are not published because the reviewed sources do not support them.

Water purificationLunar resourcesLife supportIn-situ resource utilizationSpace systems

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Where this technology may help

Our assessmentModerate public evidence

Arctic operational reach and sustainment

LunaPure Lunar Water Purification may help teams working on Arctic operational reach and sustainment by contributing to Arctic and northern operations, energy and power resilience, and logistics and sustainment.

Supporting sourcesNorthern Operational Support Hubs Minister Blair announces First Northern Operational Support Hub locations

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This is a reviewed public-source assessment. It is not procurement eligibility, endorsement, customer interest, or classified demand.

Who is building it

Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation

Company · Waterloo, Ontario

Strong public evidence

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Evidence & sources

CSMC wins the Canadian Space Agency Aqualunar Challenge
Canadian Space Agency · innovation program
The Canadian Space Agency identifies LunaPure as the Aqualunar grand-prize-winning, self-contained and low-maintenance system for purifying water from lunar polar regions.
Northern Operational Support Hubs
National Defence · government service page
The program identifies access and logistical constraints that limit faster, longer, and more effective Arctic operations and calls for hubs, nodes, transportation corridors, facilities, pre-positioned materiel, and multi-modal support.
Minister Blair announces First Northern Operational Support Hub locations
National Defence · government service page
The first-location announcement says scalable infrastructure and logistical stations should extend operational reach, reduce constraints, enable rapid activation, and sustain greater year-round military presence in the Arctic.
Canada's Defence Industrial Strategy
National Defence · official policy
The proposed after-state combines the existing hub-and-node operational outcome with the strategy's domestic-partner, industrial-resilience and northern-infrastructure context.

What supports this profile

How well this is supported

Public evidence: Strong
Last reviewed: Jul 24, 2026
Technology areas: Aerospace & Mobility, Advanced Manufacturing & Integration