MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia launched its first moon-landing spacecraft in 47 years on Friday amid a race by major powers including the United States, China and India to discover more about the elements ...

Nasa estimates that the Moon holds “hundreds of billions of dollars” worth of untapped resources (Nasa) Nasa plans to begin mining the Moon for resources within the next decade, according to a rocket ...

Mining water, metals, and oxygen from the Moon and asteroids seems promising, but only if these space-based resources are reasonably accessible. Reading time 8 minutes The new era of space exploration ...

Since Neil Armstrong took his giant step for mankind onto the Moon almost 60 years ago, small samples from the lunar surface have been brought back to Earth. The samples provide a glimpse into what ...

The EU's Commissioner for Space and Defense, warns of the bloc losing influence in space as it expresses ambition to mine the moon and asteroids for resources. Faltering energy security and unstable ...

Moon mining could become a multibillion-dollar industry. The moon holds resources like rare earth elements, water ice, and helium-3. But astronomists say large-scale lunar mining could be bad news for ...

It’s 2024. NASA’s Artemis program is in full swing, and we’re hoping to get back to the surface of the Moon real soon. Astronauts haven’t walked on the beloved sky rock since 1972! A human landing was ...

The resources tucked away in asteroids promise to provide the building blocks of humanity's expansion into space. However, accessing those resources can prove tricky. There's the engineering challenge ...

Ever since American space agency NASA announced plans to build a permanent base on the Moon, things have started to move fast, with many players jumping on board the space train. Everybody is ...

NASA's Artemis Program brings landing, living, and exploring on Earth's moon closer to reality, as the third Space Resources Roundtable at the Colorado School of Mines showed institutions, small and ...

NASA astronaut Drew Feustel just joined to map its strategy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Our small steps back to the moon ...