lunar base

How Much Water Would a Self-Sustaining Moonbase Need?

As humanity returns to the Moon in the next few years, they’re going to need water to survive. While resupplies…

4 months ago

There are Four Ways to Build with Regolith on the Moon

Over the last few years I have been renovating my home. Building on Earth seems to be a fairly well…

5 months ago

Engineers Design Habitats for the Moon Inspired by Terminite Mounds

Through the Artemis Program, NASA intends to send astronauts back to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo…

8 months ago

Japan Tests Robotic Earth-Moving Equipment in a Simulated Lunar Jobsite

JAXA has partnered with the Kajima Corporation to develop autonomous construction technology to build on the Moon!

11 months ago

Chinese Astronauts May Build a Base Inside a Lunar Lava Tube

Caves were some of humanity's first shelters. Who knows what our distant ancestors were thinking as they sought refuge there,…

1 year ago

Glass Fibers in Lunar Regolith Could Help Build Structures on the Moon

After analyzing the samples returned by Chang'e-5, a team of Chinese scientists found glass fibers that could be used to…

1 year ago

China is Planning to Land Humans on the Moon by 2030 as Part of its Ambitious Lunar Agenda

Weiren Wu, the Chief Designer of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP), recently announced an ambitious plan to put Chinese…

1 year ago

Artemis Astronauts Could Rely on Solar Cells Made out of Moon Dust

Researchers from TalTech have devised a cost-effective method for producing lightweight, flexible solar cells on the Moon!

2 years ago

New Idea: Use the Starship HLS to Create a Lunar Base!

An international team presented a new idea for a lunar base at 2021 IAC this week: use the Starship HLS…

3 years ago

This is a 3D-Printed Steel Floor Prototype for a Lunar Habitat

The ESA's has unveiled a key piece of their proposed lunar habitat, a 3D-printed steel floor frame.

3 years ago