October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
... and robotic contributions in this activity has yet to be demonstrated, but history shows us that the concept of lunar mining is at least possible. The missions of the Apollo programme proved that an astronaut protected by a spacesuit of 14 special...
19 December 2016
JAXA signs an agreement for the development and creation of a lunar mining industry
...-exploration company in a first step towards developing a mining industry on the Moon. The collaboration between Jaxa and... is also behind Team Hakuto, a contender in the Google Lunar XPRIZE with aims to send the first privately developed micro-rover...
17 September 2021
NASA funds project to mine the Moon with swarms of autonomous robots
... an electrochemical process to drill through rock five times faster than any other method. As efficient as it is, lunar mining still presents a challenge. "Here on Earth, we have an unlimited amount of energy to throw at breaking rocks," Momayez...
10 June 2020
New map boosts chances of finding water on the Moon
...most favorable ice deposits for mining are likely tens of centimeters or deeper within the lunar regolith, even in locations where...stir interest among budding moon-miners. “The idea of mining the moon and asteroids isn’t science fiction anymore,” said...
03 July 2020
More metal on the Moon than previously thought, new study suggests
With potential lunar prospectors lining up to mine the Moon, a new study by scientists using the Miniature Radio Frequency (Mini-RF) instrument on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft will be a welcome delight, as data reveals that ...
22 January 2021
Russia develops instrument to search for precious metals on the Moon and Mars
...department of the Space Research Institute, in news reported by Russian news site RIA Novosti. “It is best suited for a lunar rover. Along the route we will be able to determine the elemental composition of the surface in a strip about 30 centimetres...
