A startup company wants to establish mining operations on the moon to extract a rare isotope needed for future quantum ...

A private moon mission planned for 2027 will be the first step towards commercial lunar mining of rare and expensive helium-3 ...

Future astronauts traveling to the moon may have easier access to life-sustaining water and extractable ice than previously ...

A privately built spacecraft is tumbling aimlessly in deep space, with little hope of being able to contact its home planet.

Chinese scientists have developed a six-legged "space mining robot" inspired by insects, which may be used for prospecting and mining on the moon or asteroids in the future, Xinhua News reported ...

Intuitive Machines has landed a second spacecraft on the moon, just one year after accomplishing the feat for the first time ever. Unfortunately, much like that first attempt, it seems the company ...

A team of Chinese scientists has created a six-legged "space mining robot" inspired by insects, which could be used for ...

Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander is dead, just one day after it touched down at the moon's south pole and tipped over.

Chinese researchers have successfully conducted robotic tests on Earth, replicating the microgravity conditions of the Moon, ...

The findings hold significance for agencies planning long-term crewed missions to the moon's south pole, such as NASA with its Artemis program.If ice can be found and harnessed on the moon, it ...

Future astronauts traveling to the moon may have easier access to life-sustaining water and extractable ice than previously thought, according to new research. A team of scientists led by Durga ...