Scientists are experimenting with ways to make lunar soil capable of being used for agriculture in the hopes that humankind will one day establish long-term bases on the moon.

Microbes could help unlock vital nutrients in lunar soil to one day help farms sustain astronaut crews on the moon, a new study reports. ... Related: Scientists grow 1st plants in moon soil.

Researchers at the University of Florida received moon soil, also called lunar regolith, from NASA to conduct the experiment. The small samples of soil came from the Apollo 11, 12 and 17 missions ...

Researchers grew tobacco in soil samples taken from the Moon in a major breakthrough . Andrew Griffin. Thursday 09 November 2023 18:30 GMT. Comments.

Researchers from China might have made a big step towards setting up a permanent mission on the Moon. They turned lunar soil into large quantities of water, using soil that the 2020 Chang'e-5 ...

While previous missions to the Moon as well as studies of lunar soil, or regolith, have revealed the widespread presence of water on Earth’s closest neighbour, the content is still very low ...

The Moon only has a wisp of an atmosphere — but enough oxygen in the soil to make an artificial one. by John Grant and The Conversation Updated: Feb. 20, 2024 ...

Scientists develop new method to convert Moon soil into drinking water. Technique may help produce enough drinking water for 50 astronauts for one day, researchers say . Vishwam Sankaran.

Scientists have grown plants in lunar soil for the first time, an important step towards making long-term stays on the moon possible. Researchers used small samples of dust collected during the ...

More than 50 years after Apollo 11 touched down on the moon’s rocky surface and scooped up vials of lunar soil, scientists have announced that they’ve kept the mission alive in a fresh way.

For the first time in history, researchers have used soil from the moon to successfully grow plants, according to a study published Thursday in Communications Biology. NASA, which funded the ...