NASA has delayed their Artemis mission to the Moon, but that doesn’t mean a return to the Moon isn’t imminent. Space agencies around the world have their sights set on our rocky satellite. No matter who gets there, if they’re planning for a sustained presence on the Moon, they’ll require in-situ resources. Oxygen and water … Continue reading "Chefs on the Moon Will be Cooking up Rocks to Make air and Water"

The Lunar Stalactite Colony is a Self-Sustained Habitat Research & Communications Station located beneath the Sinuous Rille. Encased withing a lava tube, the sub-surface station hangs atop the roof of the cave beneath a crater opening. The sub-surface station provides habitable environment with research and development facilities & leisure spaces.

Commissioned piece for @barrelhand. Space exploration is entering a new era. After more than half a century since humanity stepped foot on the moon, we are now preparing - not only to go back - but to venture further into space than ever before. Soon, the Artemis program will launch humans to the moon, this time with plans to build a permanent lunar base. Crewed missions to Mars will follow, and space more broadly is becoming accessible for tourism and various business ventures. This space…

Sirsalis Colony (Oceanus Procellarum, Lunar Republic)

Supplied by regular SpaceX's Starship flights, Moon Base Alpha has grown into a large human colony - a closeup from the Lunar colony render in Elon Musk's recent Starship update presentation.

the european space agency (ESA) has found a way to extract oxygen from moondust, enabling astronauts to manufacture their own breathable air on the moon.

NASA’s Opportunity rover, still going after 10 years on Mars, now holds the off-Earth roving distance record with 25 miles of driving.

Moon habitat concept done for Twardowsky short film by Platige Image.You can see it here youtu.be/hRdYz8cnOW4 (it's in Polish, but you can tur... Twardowsky's Moon habitat

Japan's Shimizu corporation concept of a lunar base, made of lunar concrete. Scans from my archives. The materials were sent by Shimizu in 1992.