How Will We Extract Water on The Moon? We Asked a NASA Technologist

How Will We Extract Water on The Moon? We Asked a NASA Technologist

We know the Moon contains water, but, could future astronauts access and make use of it? That is the goal. At NASA, we are actively trying to answer this question. Once it lands at the lunar south pole, our PRIME-1—Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1—will robotically sample and analyze ice from beneath the lunar surface, contributing to our search for water on the Moon: 

Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/2QygCmF

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Producers: Jessica Wilde, Scott Bednar

Editor: James Lucas

Duration: 1 minute, 39 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 9, 2023

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