About
Interlune is a US space-resources startup founded in 2020 in Seattle by Rob Meyerson, former president of Blue Origin, Gary Lai, and Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt. The company is building lunar helium-3 harvesting missions to supply one of the most important inputs to the quantum computing industry. Helium-3 is the isotope used in dilution refrigerators that cool superconducting qubits to near-absolute zero, and Earthbound helium-3 production cannot keep pace with the quantum industry's scaling demand. In May 2026, Interlune booked its first commercial helium-3 order. Bluefors agreed to purchase up to 10,000 liters of lunar helium-3 annually for delivery from 2028 to 2037, the largest single commercial space-resource agreement to date. A year earlier, in May 2025, the company announced Maybell Quantum as its first commercial customer, signing a multi-year agreement for thousands of liters of helium-3 for yearly delivery from 2029 to 2035 to power Maybell's dilution refrigerators. Interlune also signed equipment partnerships with Vermeer for excavation hardware and the US Department of Energy for fuel-cycle research applications. The company has raised about $18M to date and has secured government support including a US Air Force SBIR contract and a Texas Space Commission grant. Its first lunar mission, carrying a harvesting demonstration with the rover company Astrolab, is targeted for 2026. Update 2026-05-15: Interlune booked its first order for Helium-3 quantum dilution refrigerators. Source: https://quantumzeitgeist.com/helium-3-dilution-fridges-interlune-books/
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