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South Korea wants to build a moon base by 2045
By Mike Wall published
South Korea just laid out its long-term space exploration road map, which features the planned construction of a moon base two decades from now.

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
By Tariq Malik, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025.

Scientists extracted water and oxygen from moon dust using sunlight. Could it work on the lunar surface?
By Keith Cooper published
Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing and for rocket fuel.

Lunar lava tubes on Earth? China completes underground moon simulation test area (video)
By Andrew Jones published
China has taken a new step in its long-term planning for lunar exploration with the completion of a "simulated moon underground space."

2 billion-year-old moon rock found in Africa reveals secret lunar history
By Keith Cooper published
The basaltic meteorite is a piece of lunar rock that formed in a lava flow 2.35 billion years ago, long after volcanism on the moon was supposed to have ended.

How many people have walked on the moon?
By Mark Smith last updated
Reference Only 12 astronauts have walked on the moon. Discover who they are, which Apollo missions took them there, and when humans will return to the lunar surface.

Private lunar landing: How Blue Ghost measured the moon's electric and magnetic fields
By Leonard David published
Private lunar landing: How Blue Ghost measured the moon's electric and magnetic fields

Moon dust is less toxic than urban air pollution, scientists discover
By Keith Cooper published
Breathing in moon dust can still give you what one astronaut called "lunar hay fever."

Space law doesn’t protect historical sites, mining operations and bases on the Moon – a space lawyer describes a framework that could
By Michelle L.D. Hanlon published
The moon is a key step in the journey of space exploration, but making it habitable brings up lots of questions around space law and policy
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