The last time that a human set foot on the Moon, it was December 1972 — when the crew of the Apollo 17 mission spent a few days on the surface before returning to Earth. Since then only unmanned ...

Moon dust is very clingy and damages hardware and astronauts. NASA has tested a system on the Blue Ghost lander that removes ...

Future moon dwellers are to use the water ice on the moon. A British company has developed a system for processing it.

Something similar will take place when humanity leaves Earth for destinations such as the moon and Mars—although astronauts will face even greater challenges than, for example, the Vikings did ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sven Bilén, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) Throughout history, when pioneers set ...