creating a shock wave in the lunar soil. With a sufficiently large impactor, this shock wave can breach the soil’s dry upper layer and release water molecules from a hydrated layer below. NASA ...

In December, LUNAR and NASA successfully demonstrated the extraction of oxygen at a commercial scale from simulated lunar soil (regolith) at KSC’s Swamp Works. The demonstration showcased LUNAR ...

"With only lunar soil and a basic ingredient from the sun ... So, to shed light on this process, Li Hsia Yeo, a planetary scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, led ...

Now underway, the exhibition is included ... of bootprints in the lunar soil; silhouettes of the Greek goddess Artemis, the sister of Apollo and namesake of NASA's current program to return ...

drawing oxygen from moon-like soil in a vacuum chamber, was completed in December with NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The company’s system heated simulated moon soil to more than ...

May 7 (UPI) --NASA ... NASA's Moon to Mars exploration efforts." VIPER is designed to roam the moon with three instruments and a 3.28-foot drill to detect and analyze various lunar soil ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, NASA scientists suggest the Sun's solar wind might be a key factor in creating water on the Moon. Charged particles from the Sun interact with lunar soil ...

The Intuitive Machines lunar lander ... Moon,” NASA said in a statement. “A drill and mass spectrometer will measure the potential presence of volatiles or gases from lunar soil in Mons ...

NASA-led research provides compelling evidence that the Sun plays a significant role in lunar water production. By simulating space conditions and bombarding lunar soil with solar wind ...