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Chinese researchers say they've devised a new way to extract water from lunar soil and convert it into fuel.

Chinese Scientists Invent System for Extracting Oxygen, Water and Rocket Fuel From Moon Dust

By Victor Tangermann

Space Station Astronaut Starts Mixing Cement for Future Moon Base

Space Station Astronaut Starts Mixing Cement for Future Moon Base

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have come up with the "first direct evidence of an accessible lava tube under the surface of the Moon."

Scientists Detect Huge Caverns Under Surface of Moon

By Victor Tangermann

As humans barrel ever closer to colonizing the Moon, the prospect of lunar mining is also becoming more real.

Experts Warn Against Strip Mining the Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

Rolls-Royce Will Be Building a Nuclear Reactor for the Moon

Rolls-Royce Will Be Building a Nuclear Reactor for the Moon

By Noor Al-Sibai

Russia has tentatively agreed to collaborate on an upcoming lunar base with China, threatening NASA's position as the world's top space agency.

China and Russia Agree to Collaborate on Lunar Base

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is working towards picking the final location for its Artemis base camp on the Moon, which is expected to be the first long-term base of operations.

NASA Finalizing Location for Artemis Base Camp

By Dan Robitzski

NASA just published a detailed report on the upcoming Artemis Moon missions, including information on the planned lunar base camp.

NASA Releases Detailed Plan for 2024 Moon Base Camp

By Dan Robitzski

European Space Agency (ESA) scientists have figured out a way to produce oxygen from Moon dust. The team just opened up their own "prototype oxygen plant."

Science & Energy

Scientists Say They’ve Found a Way to Make Oxygen From Moon Dust

By Victor Tangermann

An experimental NASA program is tinkering with the idea of building a Mars or Moon base out of living mushrooms that astronauts would grow onsite.

NASA Wants to Grow a Moon Base Out of Mushrooms

By Dan Robitzski

Roscosmos announced plans to build an observatory on its planned Moon base so that it can better spot potentially dangerous asteroids approaching Earth.

Science & Energy

Russia Wants to Build an Observatory on the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

One of the mockup Moon habitats NASA is considering is a 55-foot-long inflatable tent that reaches a height equivalent to a two-story building.

NASA’s Considering Giant Inflatable Tents for Moon Habitats

By Kristin Houser

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is well aware of a potentially fatal flaw in the company's plan to use a Moon base as a refueling station.

Here’s What Worries Elon Musk About a SpaceX Moon Base

By Kristin Houser

Henk Rogers wants to build a lunar spaceport so that all the billionaires building shiny new rockets actually have someplace to land.

Science & Energy

The Guy Who Popularized “Tetris” Wants to Build a Lunar Spaceport

By Dan Robitzski

A team of students created a design for a Moon base that involves placing inflatable modules in craters and covering them with rock.

Beautiful Moon Base Concept Puts Inflatable Modules in Craters

By Kristin Houser

Artist's depiction of a Moon colony.

New Discovery Raises Hope for Human Colonization of the Moon