Chinese Researchers Develop Breakthrough System to Extract Water and Fuel from Lunar Soil

Chinese Researchers Develop Breakthrough System to Extract Water and Fuel from Lunar Soil

Researchers in China have unveiled new technology that could help astronauts live off the lunar landscape while conducting future missions on the Moon by harvesting water from lunar soil. With the help of lunar soil samples collected during the Chang’e-5 mission, Chinese scientists have extracted water and used it to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuel, a technological advancement that enables a new self-sustaining life support system fo…