While it has been established that water exists on the Moon, pinpointing its precise locations presents a formidable ...

Existing methods rely on heating lunar rocks to extremely high temperatures, which may not be practical on a large scale. Developing more efficient techniques for water extraction will be crucial ...

Humans are inching closer to living beyond Earth, but sustaining life on the moon or Mars requires a critical resource: water ...

Scientists know that water exists on the moon. The Lunar Trailblazer will help them find it. Footage: NASA JPL/Caltech ...

The Chang'e 7 mission will consist of a lander, a rover and a mobile hopper, according to Chinese state media outlet Xinhua, ...

But some scientists believe only ice – thought to be preserved deep in craters on the moon’s far side – could potentially support future lunar missions as a water source for astronauts. And ...

It also creates new options for long-term habitation on the moon and scientific exploration. Hydrogen-rich ilmenite: Making water extraction easier with lunar minerals Producing water efficiently is ...

To learn about the origin of water on the moon, Morgan Nunn Martinez (who was a UC San Diego graduate student at the time) extracted very small amounts from lunar rocks collected from the 1969 ...

The missions will use landers, rovers, and orbiters to analyze lunar soil, bolster communications systems, and hunt for highly valued water ice, which future crews could convert to drinkable water ...

Lunar Trailblazer is part of a growing list of probes and landers heading toward the moon to search for water ice. LITTLETON, Colorado — A university-led lunar orbiter designed to pinpoint the ...

NASA’s PRIME-1 mission aims to analyze lunar ice and subsurface resources to support long-term Moon exploration.