lunar ice
A New Rover Design Could Crawl Across the Moon for Decades Harvesting Water
We have known that water ice exists on the Moon since 1998. These large deposits are found in the permanently…
A new way to Peer Into the Permanently Shadowed Craters on the Moon, Searching for Deposits of Water ice
Not all flashlights are created equal. Some are stronger, consume more power, or have features such as blinking or strobes.…
NASA Announces 14 New “Tipping Point” Technologies for its Lunar Exploration
NASA recently awarded contracts to fourteen companies to develop technologies that will help them return to the Moon, and stay…
NASA Has a New Challenge to Bring Frozen Samples of the Moon Back to Earth
The NASA Lunar Deep Freeze Challenge is looking for innovative ideas on how to bring back ice samples from the…
Artemis Missions Should Bring Ice Home From the Moon Too
In a recent white paper, a team of scientists proposed that NASA's Artemis astronauts should also bring back samples of…
There May be Thick Ice Deposits on the Moon and Mercury
According to a new analysis of LRO and MESSENGER data, the ice deposits on the Moon and Mercury could be…
Dust off Your Lunar Colony Plans. There’s Definitely Ice at the Moon’s Poles.
A team of American scientists have found the first definitive evidence of water on the Moon, which makes plans for…
More Surface Ice on Mercury than Previously Thought, says New Study
A new study from Brown University reveals that there may be a lot more surface ice on Mercury than previously…
Good News for Future Moon Bases. There’s Water Inside the Moon
A new study by a team from Brown University has revealed evidence of widespread water on the lunar surface, which…
Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: November 19-25, 2012
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It's going to be a great week to study the Moon - and bright Jupiter is just…