New source of water detected in moon samples from China expedition

March 27, 2023



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Scientists have discovered a new and renewable source of water on the moon for future explorers in lunar samples from a Chinese mission. Water was embedded in tiny glass beads in the lunar dirt where meteorite impacts occur. The beads range in size from the width of one hair to several hairs, and the water content was just a miniscule fraction of that. The findings, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, are based on 32 glass beads randomly selected from lunar dirt returned from the Chang'e 5 moon mission. More samples will be studied, and water could be extracted by heating the beads, possibly by future robotic missions.

This shows "water can be recharged on the moon's surface" and could provide water not only for use by future crews, but for rocket fuel. NASA aims to put astronauts back on the lunar surface by the end of 2025.

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