NASA Fosters Development of Lunar Resource-Seeking Technologies
4 May 2026, 20:32 GMT
By Loura Hall
Topic: Technology
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/technology/nasa-fosters-development-of-lunar-resource-seeking-technologies/
To support long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars, NASA and industry are developing technologies that can extract resources such as hydrogen and helium-3 from lunar soil, known as regolith. This capability, known as in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), allows explorers to use what is already available on other planetary bodies, from water ice to minerals.