Two of Blue Origin’s earliest employees, former President Rob Meyerson and Chief Architect Gary Lai, have started a company that seeks to extract helium-3 from the lunar surface, return it to Earth, ...

Interlune is developing robots to harvest a valuable gas on the lunar surface that could have a big impact on Earth. In the lobby of Interlune, a 3-foot-wide tabletop diorama shows an idyllic, ...

A Seattle-based startup wants to redefine the concept of a Harvest Moon. Interlune, launched in 2020 by former Blue Origin executives, develops excavation equipment and technology to mine the moon for ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- LH3M has reached a defining milestone: the issuance of five U.S. patents covering the full architecture for detecting, extracting, and refining ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A startup company wants to establish mining operations on the moon ...

"The high-rate excavation needed to harvest helium-3 from the moon in large quantities has never been attempted before, let alone with high efficiency." We just got our first look at a prototype for a ...

Humanity has long considered the Moon a place of wonder and possibility. Now it’s being talked about as a potential source for one of humankind’s most unusual and valuable materials: Helium-3. Locked ...

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 industrial ...

We haven’t mined on the moon yet, but companies are already buying its resources. Finnish tech firm Bluefors, a maker of ultracold refrigerator systems critical for quantum computing, has purchased ...

An artist’s conception shows a rocket with a capsule containing helium-3 heading back to Earth from the moon’s surface. (Interlune Illustration) Seattle-based Interlune provided a triple-barreled ...

To whom does the moon belong, and do we really want something we see most nights ruined by the same, greedy capitalists who have mostly ruined terrestrial skies? If they want to mine an asteroid, I ...