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 ...
22 January 2021
Russia develops instrument to search for precious metals on the Moon and Mars
Scientists at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences have created a device for searching for precious metals on the Moon and Mars, that could be incorporated into either a future Russian lunar lander or be offered to other ...
26 July 2021
Israel’s Helios to ride on ispace lunar lander to make oxygen on the Moon
The Israeli company Helios has said it plans to join ispace, Japan’s lunar exploration firm, on its second and third missions to the moon to demonstrate in situ extraction of oxygen and metal that can be used as fuel and material for the ...
03 February 2016
Luxembourg announces plan to mine asteroids
.... Luxembourg now aims to help establish a space industry by mining ‘near-Earth objects’ (NEOs) for their metal and rare...content by collaborating with US and European commercial partners. Mining asteroids may appear futuristic, but there are already ...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... Moon Express, an American company which hopes to acquire rights to mine the Moon. Drawing by S Fokke, and improved by J Smit,...and Imperial policy. The Space Act specifically encourage space mining, the partial acquisition of territory in space, and ...
March 2016
Space industrialisation needs balanced legal and policy approach
... beginnings in the US House of Representatives. That chamber has been working for several years to invigorate a private asteroid mining industry, starting with the attempt at passing the bill known as HR 5063 [3], which failed to gain the traction...
