"The high-rate excavation needed to harvest helium-3 from the moon in large quantities has never been attempted before, let ...

A US startup is looking to our closest satellite to fill a resources gap here on Earth. Helium-3 is rare on terra firma, but ...

Vermeer and Interlune revealed a full-size prototype “excavator” to dig up dirt on the moon at 100 metric tons per hour to ...

Seattle-based Interlune provided a triple-barreled update today on its progress toward mining helium-3 on the moon and returning that resource to Earth. The startup joined Vermeer Corp., an ...

But despite the hype, our knowledge of these “abundant” lunar resources is surprisingly thin. While lunar resources will likely support future scientific and governmental missions, large-scale, ...

Cofounded by a former Blue Origin employee and an Apollo 17 astronaut, Interlune aims to conduct its first lunar excursion in 2027, with plans for multiple additional trips if all goes according ...

The US company Interlune is planning to mine the raw material helium-3 on the moon. It has built the first machine required ...

The excavator has been jointly developed by NASA backed startup Interlune and industrial equipment manufacturer Vermeer.

Interlune has its sights set on helium-3, a rare and expensive gas that could unlock groundbreaking technological advancements.

Vermeer has unveiled a full-scale prototype of its Interlune excavator, a machine designed to extract valuable helium – on ...