A vision of a future Moon settlement assembled from semi-buried inflatable habitats. Sited beside the lunar poles in regions of near-perpetual solar illumination, mirrors positioned above each ...

China unveils a concept video for an international research base on the moon. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) | edited by Steve Spaleta Canada and Trump reach ...

NASA and Thales Alenia just rolled out their first Moon Base concept for the Artemis project. Why do we need a tiny module when we have over a thousand cubic meters in Starship? Does this base have ...

The lunar base camp concept seems to be pretty thin gruel compared ... long-term ambitions for the moon than NASA has articulated yet. Even the Chinese ILRS concept falls short of the futurist ...

The Space Micro-Reactor Concept Model was presented at the UK Space Conference in Belfast. It is the result of GBP2.9 million (USD3.7 million) funding from the UK Space Agency into how nuclear power ...

The concept aims to address problems ... and maximise solar power efficiency, the base would be built on the edge of Shackleton crater at the moon’s south pole where it would face the sun ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An artist’s concept of a future human habitat on the Moon. Illustration ... thin-film solar panel layer generates power for the base when in sunlight. FLOAT robots have no moving parts and ...

Researchers from the University of Milan have proposed an exercise regimen for inhabitants of a potential moon base to combat the ... a “Wall of Death” — a concept traditionally associated ...