Blue Origin Oasis-1 lunar resource-mapping orbiter (Project Oasis, with Luxembourg)
First mission of Project Oasis, which Blue Origin announced in 2025 as a multi-phase initiative to identify lunar resources from orbit, assess them on the ground and use them in situ. The Luxembourg Space Agency says Oasis-1 will be carried out in close partnership with Luxembourg and will operate in an ultra-low polar orbit. It is to map water ice, helium-3, radionuclides, rare earth elements and precious metals using neutron spectroscopy, magnetometers and multispectral imaging. Luxembourg partners GOMSpace and ESRIC support it, and Blue Origin's Luxembourg office and its Space Resources Center of Excellence are to implement it. The Luxembourg Government reported a presentation of progress on the project on 15 April 2026. No launch date, launch vehicle, spacecraft contract or budget was found in primary sources. It is separate from Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander missions.
Objective. Produce high-resolution orbital maps of lunar water ice, helium-3, radionuclides, rare earth elements and precious metals from an ultra-low polar orbit, using neutron spectroscopy for subsurface water ice, magnetometers for metals and multispectral imaging for geology, as the first phase of Project Oasis.
Facts
- Kind
- Spacecraft
- Mission type
- Prospecting
- Target
- MoonUltra-low lunar polar orbit (orbital mapping; no landing site)No map point: Orbital mission; no surface site.
- Launch
- Not recorded
- Phase
- AnnouncedAnnounced. The Luxembourg Space Agency's news item (last updated 2025-10-02) describes the mission, and the Agency's Space Directory 2026 carries Blue Origin's description of Project Oasis. The Luxembourg Government's release of 2026-04-15 reports a presentation of progress on the OASIS lunar mapping project. No primary source read shows a spacecraft contract, hardware milestone, launch booking or date, so the mission is not recorded as in development. Not launched.
- Outcome
- Not applicable
- Why it is included
- Stated resource objective
What comes next
No planned launch or landing date is recorded.
Participants
Operators, payload owners, carriers and customers are recorded separately.
| Organization | Role |
|---|---|
| Blue Origin | Operator |
Resources and evidence
| Resource | Evidence |
|---|---|
| Water ice | Targeted |
| Helium-3 | Targeted |
| Rare earths | Targeted |
| Metals (general) | Targeted |
Open evidence gaps
- No launch date, launch vehicle, orbit altitude, spacecraft mass, budget or build milestone appears in any primary source read. Blue Origin's own news page (blueorigin.com, 'Blue Origin and Luxembourg Partner on Oasis-1 Mission'; 30 September 2025 per a search listing) returned HTTP 429 on two attempts and was not read.
- Exact announcement date not confirmed from a source read: the Luxembourg Space Agency page shows only a last-update date of 2 October 2025.
- The Luxembourg Space Agency is described as a partner, but no source read says whether it funds the mission or under what agreement, so it is not listed as a funder. The Luxembourg Government's 2026 release cites a June 2025 cooperation agreement between Blue Origin and the Ministry of the Economy, which was not read.
- The roles of GOMSpace (no entity record) and ESRIC (European Space Resources Innovation Centre) are given only as 'support'; whether either builds the spacecraft or instruments, or analyses data, is not stated, so neither is listed as a participant.
- Resource mapping: 'precious metals' and 'metal mapping' are recorded as metals_general because no source names platinum-group metals; radionuclides are not encoded. The 2026 government release lists only water ice, helium-3 and rare earth elements.
- The later Project Oasis phases (ground assessment and in-situ use) have no defined missions, dates or hardware in the sources read.
Sources
11 excerpts from 3 publicationsOne web address counts as one publication.
will be carried out in close partnership with Luxembourg and its space ecosystem.
Oasis-1 will generate the most detailed high-resolution maps to date of critical lunar resources, including water ice, Helium-3, radionuclides, rare earth elements, and precious metals.
The mission leverages advanced technologies such as neutron spectroscopy for subsurface water ice detection, magnetometers for metal mapping, and multispectral imaging for geological assessments.
Operating in ultra-low polar orbit, Oasis-1 will deliver unprecedented spatial resolution and accuracy for resource prospecting.
In partnership with Luxembourg’s national space agency, the initiative is supported by GOMSpace and the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC)
Blue Origin’s Space Resources Center of Excellence and its international office in Luxembourg are also at the core of the project’s development.
We are partnering with the Luxembourg Space Agency on Project Oasis, a multi-phase initiative to identify key lunar resources from orbit, assess them on the ground, and harness them in situ.
This meeting marked a key step in strengthening the partnership between Luxembourg and the American company, with the official announcement of the opening of Blue Origin's European office in Luxembourg and the presentation of progress on the OASIS lunar mapping project.
The project aims to identify, with unprecedented precision, the presence of water ice, helium-3, and rare earth elements on the Moon's surface.
The OASIS project will be implemented jointly by Blue Origin's Luxembourg office and the company's Space Resources Center of Excellence, with the support of Luxembourg partners GOMSpace and ESRIC.
The data collected will help determine the optimal conditions and sites for future extraction of essential resources to enable sustainable space exploration.
Cite this record
SpaceMiningData, “Blue Origin Oasis-1 lunar resource-mapping orbiter (Project Oasis, with Luxembourg)”, dataset version a00fa2c68a45, built 2026-11-11, https://spaceminingdata.com/missions/blue-origin-oasis-1.html. Record checked 2026-10-29.