How can lunar dust (officially called regolith) be used to build future habitats on the Moon? This is what a recent study ...

Researchers have successfully grown chickpeas in simulated lunar soil by enriching it with worm compost and beneficial fungi. The experiment, aimed at supporting future lunar missions, showed plants ...

As space agencies and private companies look toward a sustained human presence on the moon, a fundamental challenge centers ...

How will astronauts grow food during long-term missions to the Moon? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Reports hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the prospect of ...

As Apollo astronauts trundled and trod awkwardly across the desolate lunar landscape, an insidious menace scuffed up their spacesuits. Moondust. Fine as talcum powder, sharp as glass and seemingly ...

You're in the lab analyzing Martian regolith samples within your cozy Mars habitat serving on the fifth human mission to Mars ...

Setting up permanent bases on the moon presents numerous challenges, including the transportation of materials over vast distances and the need for on-site resource utilization. Mineralogist Steven ...

Additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D-printing (3DP) approaches have recently been considered as promising means to enable prolonged off-world activities through utilization of native planetary regoliths ...