CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Soil and rocks returned from the moon’s mysterious far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth, Chinese scientists reported Wednesday.

Houston-based Lunar Resources extracted oxygen from simulated moon soil in a vacuum chamber at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Soil and rocks returned from the moon's far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth ...

pasteurii, and guar beans. The idea there was to find sustainable and inexpensive ways to construct buildings on the Moon. 'Space bricks' made from lunar soil simulant, urea, S. pasteurii bacteria ...

Soil and rocks returned from the moon's mysterious far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth.