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For astronauts to survive on the moon, they'll need three essential resources: water, oxygen, and fuel. These resources have been an integral part of plans to build permanent moon bases, which have ...

On Wednesday 26 February, a thermal imaging camera blasted off to the Moon as part of NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission. This aims to map sources of water on the Moon to shed light on the lunar water ...

NASA launched a lunar orbiter Wednesday night that will trace the Moon's elusive water cycle. Lunar Trailblazer, a collaboration between NASA, Northern Arizona University, and Lockheed Martin Space, ...

Early this new year, a rocket is scheduled to lift off from Florida, headed for the moon. The rocket will carry a spacecraft called Lunar Trailblazer. It is supposed to orbit the moon in search of ...

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission is slated to return astronauts to the Moon no sooner than April 2026. Astronauts were last on the Moon in 1972 during the Apollo 17 mission. But before Artemis II, ...

Chinese researchers say they've devised a new way to extract water from lunar soil and convert it into fuel. As detailed in a new paper published today in the journal Joule, the team found that their ...

Rocket crash meant to kick up lunar water; useful to future astronauts? Oct. 9, 2009 — -- NASA's LCROSS mission went plunging into a permanently shadowed crater near the moon's south pole this ...

Skywatchers across the globe are eagerly anticipating the last total lunar eclipse of the year, set to take place on the night of September 7-8, 2025. As Earth aligns perfectly between the Sun and the ...

A rocket is scheduled to launch next year that will take along a robotic probe to orbit the moon. The probe is expected to provide details of how much water there is on the moon and where it is. Early ...