Build the first infrastructure on the Moon and Mars before crews arrive
IMPERATIVE
Launching everything is the bottleneck. Infrastructure changes the equation
Long-duration lunar and Martian missions depend on the ability to create protective, functional structures habitats, laboratories and workspaces without relying on continuous resupply. Automated construction is a practical path to establish that infrastructure early and scale it over time.
AUTONOMY
Automated fabrication of protective structures and mission facilities
Contour Crafting® technology has the potential to build safe, reliable and affordable structures on the Moon and Mars, including habitats, laboratories and other facilities potentially before human arrival. CC construction systems are being developed to exploit in-situ resources and utilize lunar regolith as construction material.
Use what’s there. Build what you need.
The core premise of planetary construction is simple: use local materials to create structural mass and protection. CC Corp’s development efforts are aligned with in-situ utilization concepts so mission planners can reserve launch capacity for critical high-value systems rather than structural bulk.
Tech Focused
Focus on regolith-based construction pathways
Robotics-Driven Execution
Designed around repeatable automation and robotic execution
Compatability
Compatible with phased deployment concepts:
pre-deploy → build → outfit → occupy
SUSTAINABILITY
Automation
that builds
more with less
Contour Crafting systems reduce material waste, labor intensity and construction timelines through precise digital fabrication. Automation enables more efficient material use, reduced embodied energy and safer job sites, supporting sustainability goals without compromising performance.
SERVICES
More than
machines,
complete construction capability.
Every Contour Crafting system is delivered as a complete operational platform hardware, software, training and support ensuring customers achieve real construction outcomes, not just equipment ownership.
Engineering construction for the world’s toughest environments.
Contour Crafting systems were designed to operate where conventional construction struggles; remote locations, limited manpower, urgent timelines and demanding operational constraints.
patents worldwide
Innovation
Invented construction-scale 3D printing
Legacy
Three decades of research-to-deployment experience
Prototype concepts built with CC technology.
Early prototype demonstrations help translate lunar/Mars construction from theory to buildable geometry. (Add captions so visitors understand what they’re seeing and why it matters.)
Prototype Concept A
Demonstration geometry showing habitat-scale walling and enclosure form potential
Prototype Concept B
Alternate configuration exploring internal volume planning and structural continuity
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Contour Crafting® “ready” for lunar or Martian construction today?
CC Corp’s space construction technologies are under development. Programs vary by mission goals and standards; CC Corp engages with partners to definerequirements, materials approaches and verification pathways.
What materials are used?
Development efforts include approaches intended to exploit in-situ resources and utilize lunar regolith as construction material.
Can structures include shielding or integrated utilities?
The current technical direction includes concepts for integrated radiation shielding
and embedded plumbing/electrical/sensor networks.
Talk to our team about mission requirements, in-situ material pathways and development collaboration.
