Lunar Regolith

Lunar soil is the fine fraction of the regolith found on the surface of the Moon.

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Building Bricks out of Lunar Regolith

Making Rocket Fuel Out of Lunar Regolith

Redefining Space Construction: How Lunar Regolith Is Transforming Habitat Design

What Could We Build With Lunar Regolith?

Chickpeas grown in lunar regolith are stressed but reach maturity, shows study. Chickpeas have been successfully grown in lunar regolith simulants (LRS), marking the first time such a guideline has been established not only for chickpeas, but also for growing food for long-term human space missions.

Chickpeas Grown in Lunar Regolith Are Stressed but Reach Maturity

Plants Could Grow in Lunar Regolith Using Bacteria

Some Lunar Regolith is Better for Living Off the Land on the Moon

Italian Space Agency kicks off lunar regolith oxygen extractor mission

Airbus Developed a System To Extract Oxygen and Metal From Lunar Regolith

Glass Fibers in Lunar Regolith Could Help Build Structures on the Moon

StarCrete — a combination of potato starch, salt, and synthetic martian or lunar regolith — may be key to building structures on other worlds. New research shows both martian and lunar bricks of StarCrete had compressive strengths two to three times greater than regular concrete.

Blue Origin is Building Solar Cells out of (Simulated) Lunar Regolith

UCF Researchers Create Lunar Regolith Bricks That Could Be Used to Construct Artemis Base Camp. Using resources found in space to construct off-world structures can drastically reduce the need to transport building materials.

Researchers create lunar regolith bricks that could be used to construct Artemis base camp

Plants can grow in lunar regolith, but they’re not happy about it

Plants will grow in lunar regolith, but they don’t like it

Machine to melt Moon rocks and derive metals may launch in 2024 | The company's initial reactor will measure about 1-meter in diameter and height and process scoops of lunar regolith delivered by a small rover. The goal is to process as much as 100 kilograms of lunar regolith during a 24-hour period

There’s Enough Oxygen in the Lunar Regolith To Support Billions of People Living on the Moon