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NASA’s Artemis III mission will return astronauts to the moon, specifically targeting the lunar south pole to explore and utilize its resources, including ancient water deposits. The mission’s crew will detect moonquakes, grow crops, and analyze the presence of water ice in the soil.

These tests are essential to understand the feasibility of long-term human settlement on the moon by ensuring access to water and the potential for food production. NASA plans to establish a sustainable presence on the moon by 2040.

Christine Escobar, vice president of Space Lab Technologies: “Human nutrition and life support—carbon dioxide removal, oxygen production and water purification—provided by space agriculture will enable long-duration human exploration of the moon and beyond.”