The rare isotope helium-3 is one of Earth’s most precious commodities—so precious, in fact, that it might prove profitable to ...
It has been a long-time dream of the human race to be able to harvest resources from other places in the solar system, but we're only now getting to a point, technologically speaking, when we can ...
Drilling beneath the Topaz Project site near Babbitt, scientists confirmed the presence of helium-3. A concentration of 14.5 parts per billion was found in the lab tests, which was similar to what was ...
On May 5, 2025, Interlune — a Seattle-based startup — announced a new agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): they’ll deliver helium-3, harvested from the moon, to Earth by 2029. The press ...
Scientists from the University of Oxford have published a study in the journal Frontiers in Earth Science showing that the ...
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 ...
GOLDEN, Colorado — Interlune, a Seattle-based company of former Blue Origin technologists, has set its sights on the moon’s supply of Helium-3 — a rare heavy isotope deposited into lunar regolith by ...
Several companies firmly believe that mining for helium-3 (He-3) on the moon is a real potential money-maker. But is there an economic return on investment in scouring Earth's moon for that natural ...