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Scientists extracted water and oxygen from moon dust using sunlight. Could it work on the lunar surface?

Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers…

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Lunar lava tubes on Earth? China completes underground moon simulation test area (video)

China has taken a new step in its long-term planning for lunar exploration with the completion of a “simulated moon…

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Simple device can produce water, oxygen and fuel from lunar soil

A photo of the lunar surface taken by China’s Chang’e 5 lander, which collected samples in 2020 CNSA/Xinhua/Alamy A solar-powered…

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Why is the moon’s far side so weird? China’s lunar sample-return mission may have figured it out

The origin of the strange differences between the near and far sides of the moon are a step closer to…

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Private lunar landing: How Blue Ghost measured the moon’s electric and magnetic fields

After achieving a touchdown in early March within the moon’s Mare Crisium impact basin, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander…

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NASA moon orbiter spies grave of crashed Japanese lunar lander (image)

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has imaged the crash site of Resilience, a moon lander built and operated by the…

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50 years later, Apollo 17’s moon samples are still revealing secrets about lunar volcanoes

Amazingly, the samples of material from the moon retrieved by the Apollo missions are still providing new insights more than…

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Japan’s Resilience moon lander has crashed into the lunar surface

The surface of the moon, as seen from orbit by Resilience before it crashed ispace SMBC x HAKUTO-R VENTURE MOON…

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Private lunar lander from Japan crashes into moon in failed mission : NPR

People await the update on ispace’s private lunar lander’s attempt to touch down on the moon Friday, June 6, 2025,…

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Japanese firm declares lunar mission a failure after crash landing | Space News

The failed mission comes two years after the Japanese start-up’s first moonshot ended in a crash landing. A Japanese-made private…

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