Researchers at IISc have developed an innovative bacteria-based technique to repair cracks in bricks made from lunar soil ...

New research suggests that bacteria could be used to repair and strengthen bricks made from lunar soil, or regolith.

Chandrayaan-3’s ChaSTE provided crucial temperature data from the Moon’s high-latitude regions, enhancing the understanding ...

IISc’s Aloke Kumar has led groundbreaking research around space habitation. In 2020, his lab developed ‘space bricks’ using lunar and Martian soil, bacteria and urea.

Ice may lie an inch or so below the Moon’s surface in many more regions than previously thought — which has major implications for longer-term lunar exploration or even habitation. The measurements ...

NASA has launched the LunaRecycle Challenge, a competition aimed at developing sustainable waste management solutions for ...

A transformational technology that uses microwaves to defrost and ultrasound to break down contaminants in melted lunar ice ...

Astronauts could extract potable water from lunar regolith with the SonoChem System that has won the Aqualunar Challenge ...

and SpaceX’s vision for long-term lunar habitation, the next decade will see humans living and working on the Moon for the first time. But how will we actually build it? With multiple space ...

Chandrayaan-5, as a collaborative effort with JAXA, aims to explore the Moon's permanently shadowed regions for water ice, a key resource for future lunar habitation. The success of Chandrayaan-4 ...