THE PROPOSED RESEARCH AIMS TO DEVELOP AN ADVANCED THERMAL MINING TECHNOLOGY THAT INTEGRATES ENGINEERED EXTRACTION TRANSPORTATION AND CONDENSATION OF WATER VAPOR AT LOW PRESSURE FROM LUNAR REGOLITH. THIS WILL BE REALIZED THROUGH INTERLINKED TASKS OF (A) MEASURING THE THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ICY REGOLITH (B) CHARACTERIZING VAPOR SUBLIMATION RATES OF CAPTURE TENT AND THERMAL DRILLS (C) TRANSPORTING VAPOR IN AN ELECTROSTATIC FIELD AND (D) RECAPTURING ICE IN AN ENGINEERED COLD TRAP WITH ACTIVE ICE DEPOSITION AND DELAMINATION. THE LAB-SCALE SYSTEM PROTOTYPE AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE A 1 KG ICE COLLECTION CAPACITY FROM ICY REGOLITH SIMULANT IN APPROXIMATELY 11 HOURS. SIGNIFICANT PAST EFFORTS WERE DEDICATED TO INVESTIGATING THE USE OF THERMAL MINING APPROACHES TO SEPARATE WATER FROM ICY REGOLITH. HOWEVER MUCH WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TECHNOLOGIES. MOST OF THE TECHNOLOGIES STUDIED SO FAR MAY NOT PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT VAPOR PRESSURE. LOW-PRESSURE WATER EXTRACTION WILL HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE ABILITY TO SEPARATE WATER FROM OTHER VOLATILES AND CAPTURE WATER WITHOUT USING LARGE RADIATORS OR ADDITIONAL POWER. THERMAL MINING METHODS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE THE PRESSURE HOLDING PROCESS WILL HAVE THE CHALLENGE OF RECAPTURING WATER ICE IN A VACUUM. POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR LOW-PRESSURE WATER EXTRACTION FROM VAPOR SUBLIMING FROM THERMAL MINING PROCESSES ARE YET TO BE EXPLORED. THE PROPOSED ADVANCED THERMAL MINING TECHNOLOGY OF 1 KG ICE COLLECTION CAPACITY AIMS TO SERVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN NASA'S ISRU MISSION BY PROVIDING FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH LAB-SCALE PROTOTYPE DESIGN AND DEMONSTRATIONS AND A SYSTEM-LEVEL SCALE-UP ANALYSIS FOR LUNAR WATER COLLECTION.