Three U.S. university-led proposals have been selected by NASA to develop technologies for living and working on the Moon. This push for technological development comes as NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon through its Artemis missions, the agency’s plan to send the first.
The University of Texas at El Paso has earned a $2 million grant from NASA to develop technologies to mine ice on the moon for future deep space exploration.
EL PASO, Texas – The University of Texas at El Paso has earned a $2 million grant from NASA to develop technologies to mine ice on the moon for future deep
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As NASA aims to land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024, the agency is looking to the US universities for lunar-focused research to bring about advancements in onsite resource utilisation and sustainable power solutions.
The US space agency on Monday said that it has selected six project proposals under its first-ever Lunar Surface Technology Research (LuSTR) solicitation. Our inaugural LuSTR opportunity targeted two technology areas within NASA s Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative that are essential to the agency s Artemis program, which will land the first woman and next man on the Moon, Walt Engelund, Deputy Associate Administrator for programmes in NASA s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) said in a statement.