A startup company wants to establish mining operations on the moon to extract a rare isotope needed for future quantum ...

Athena is also carrying an ice mining ... on the moon to one day make fuel or breathable oxygen. Additional payloads include a rover called MAPP that is supposed to test out cellular equipment ...

In theory, you could build enormous observatories on the Moon and see further and more clearly than ever before. It's not ...

Companies need the rocket's heft and reusability to launch moon mining and tourism ... companies will need to fly in heavy equipment like harvesters, Steve Altemus, the CEO of Intuitive Machines ...

Meanwhile, the mission of Odin, a spacecraft belonging to asteroid mining company AstroForge ... cellular communications equipment, work to create a 3D map of the moon’s surface, and take ...

Prospect Moon, which will utilize a commercial lunar lander similar to the ones currently having mixed success in actually landing on the moon, would include four main pieces of equipment ...

The findings hold significance for agencies planning long-term crewed missions to the moon's south pole, such as NASA with its Artemis program.If ice can be found and harnessed on the moon, it ...

Both missions aimed to test technologies that will be critical for mining on the moon ... ice and minerals on the moon, companies will need to fly in heavy equipment like harvesters, Steve ...

Future astronauts traveling to the moon may have easier access to life-sustaining water and extractable ice than previously thought, according to new research. A team of scientists led by Durga ...