Seattle-based Interlune will build and test a payload that advances its plan to bring back lunar helium-3 for use in quantum ...

Interlune, a startup with plans to harvest helium-3 from the moon, has won a NASA contract to develop a payload to test ways ...

An artist’s conception shows a rocket with a capsule containing helium-3 heading back to Earth from the moon’s surface. (Interlune Illustration) Seattle-based Interlune provided a triple-barreled ...

As detailed in a new paper published today in the journal Joule, the team found that their proposed “photothermal strategy” — essentially converting light into heat — could effectively convert carbon ...

The time when we humans will begin exploiting the resources of other worlds is nearly upon us. Because the closest and easiest target for such endeavors is the Moon, it is probably from there that ...

Lunar mining will involve autonomous robots and small human crews, requiring advanced safety protocols for remote operations and emergency response. Key hazards include lunar dust, vacuum leaks, ...

Starbase, a space launch facility located at the southernmost tip of Texas, U.S. The massive Starship rocket, carrying the lunar regolith excavation equipment ‘Harvester’ developed by Interlune, roars ...

Two of Blue Origin's earliest employees, former president Rob Meyerson and chief architect Gary Lai, have started a company that seeks to extract helium-3 from the lunar surface, return it to Earth, ...