The drive to explore deeper into space and establish colonies on other planets has intensified over the last decade, and with it the importance of space resources extraction. Obtaining valuable ...

Houston, Texas — Recent awards from NASA and the National Science Foundation have created a path forward for Houston-based Lunar Resources, Inc., to perform mining of oxygen and metals on the Moon as ...

In April 2023, a satellite the size of a microwave launched to space. Its goal: to get ready to mine asteroids. While the mission, courtesy of a company called AstroForge, ran into problems, it’s part ...

Like Earth, planetary bodies such as the moon, Mars, asteroids and comets contain substantial deposits of valuable resources. This has caught the attention of both researchers and industry, with hopes ...

The updated design of ispace's Hakuto-R lander is smaller and carries less propellant, but with the same amount of payload. Credit: ispace WASHINGTON — Japan’s parliament approved legislation that ...

It’s been 50 years since humans last visited the moon, and even robotic missions have been few and far between. But the Earth’s only natural satellite is about to get crowded. At least six countries ...

Like Earth, planetary bodies such as the Moon, Mars, asteroids and comets contain substantial deposits of valuable resources. This has caught the attention of both researchers and industry, with hopes ...

The darkest places on the moon's surface haven't seen light in billions of years. Inside these lightless craters, temperatures can plummet to minus 391 degrees Fahrenheit. It's one of the most extreme ...

An artist depiction of ispace’s lunar lander on the moon – assuming it has a successful landing. Credit: Facebook/ ispace Subscribe for ads-free reading 2023 is going to be Japan’s year in space. In a ...