{"count":37,"next":"https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?limit=10&offset=20&search=water+ice+moon","previous":"https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?limit=10&search=water+ice+moon","results":[{"id":34007,"title":"Star Catcher achieves milestone for wireless energy delivery to Moon missions","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.moondaily.com/reports/Star_Catcher_achieves_milestone_for_wireless_energy_delivery_to_Moon_missions_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-laser-altimeter-south-pole-perspective-marker-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 18, 2025\r\n\r\n\r\nThe lunar South Pole has gained attention from scientific and commercial sectors due to long-term exploration plans and its possible water ice deposits, which may enable future life support and fuel production. Deep craters in permanent shadow make this region a focal point for NASA's Artemis program and other international initiatives. \r\n\r\nRecent technology demonstrations aim to overcome hars","published_at":"2025-11-17T23:22:47Z","updated_at":"2025-11-24T10:28:39.032001Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":34008,"title":"Water ice detection campaign prepares lunar robots for Moon mission","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.moondaily.com/reports/Water_ice_detection_campaign_prepares_lunar_robots_for_Moon_mission_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/dlr-luna-analog-facility-logo-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 18, 2025\n\n\nResearchers in Germany have conducted a campaign at the LUNA Analog Facility in Cologne to evaluate how water ice could be located and mapped on the Moon. Instruments and robotic vehicles were used in a simulated lunar environment with a substantial area covered in regolith material similar to Moon dust. \n\nThe Polar Explorer campaign at LUNA tested the mobility and sensing abilities of two r","published_at":"2025-11-17T23:22:47Z","updated_at":"2025-11-17T23:30:12.203858Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":33843,"title":"European Service Module-4 is ready to sail","authors":[{"name":"ESA","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/European_Service_Module-4_is_ready_to_sail","image_url":"https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2025/11/european_service_module-4_with_its_shields_up/26962452-1-eng-GB/European_Service_Module-4_with_its_shields_up_card_full.png","news_site":"ESA","summary":"In a few days, ESA’s fourth European Service Module will leave the integration halls of Airbus in Bremen, Germany, setting sail across the Atlantic Ocean in the next step of its journey. The module will propel NASA’s Orion spacecraft towards the Moon during Artemis IV, supplying the crew with water, air, electricity and a comfortable temperature throughout their voyage.","published_at":"2025-11-10T12:00:00Z","updated_at":"2025-11-12T07:51:50.072403Z","featured":false,"launches":[{"launch_id":"372d94b1-88fe-4cc5-9296-d893c9fa9426","provider":"Launch Library 2"}],"events":[]},{"id":33753,"title":"For new lunar collaboration, look to India and Japan","authors":[{"name":"Vineeth Krishnan and Anupama Vijayakumar","socials":null}],"url":"https://spacenews.com/for-new-lunar-collaboration-look-to-india-and-japan/","image_url":"https://i0.wp.com/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/LUPEX.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","news_site":"SpaceNews","summary":"\nThe renewed interest in the moon can arguably be traced back to the 2009 discovery of water ice on the lunar surface. Much of the narrative in the intervening decade and a half has been set to a background score of a military drumroll slowly gathering pace. The competing visions vis-à-vis lunar exploration and exploitation […]\nThe post For new lunar collaboration, look to India and Japan appeared first on SpaceNews.","published_at":"2025-11-04T10:00:00Z","updated_at":"2025-11-04T10:00:35.714007Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":33578,"title":"America needs a ‘Plan B’ to reach the moon first","authors":[{"name":"Walt Faulconer","socials":null}],"url":"https://spacenews.com/america-needs-a-plan-b-to-reach-the-moon-first/","image_url":"https://i0.wp.com/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/conceptual-art-human-moon-base-china-CAST.png?fit=963%2C541&ssl=1","news_site":"SpaceNews","summary":"China is on track to land its first crew on the lunar surface by 2030 and establish a base at the resource-rich south pole — a site that offers continuous sunlight, access to water ice and control of the most valuable real estate beyond Earth. Beijing’s record of steady, disciplined progress in space suggests they […]\r\nThe post America needs a ‘Plan B’ to reach the moon first appeared first on SpaceNews.","published_at":"2025-10-20T13:00:00Z","updated_at":"2025-10-20T14:03:10.033321Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":32996,"title":"ispace-Europe Completes Key Milestone for ESA MAGPIE Lunar Lander","authors":[{"name":"European Spaceflight","socials":null}],"url":"https://europeanspaceflight.com/ispace-europe-completes-key-milestone-for-esa-magpie-lunar-lander/","image_url":"https://europeanspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ispace-Europe-Completes-Key-Milestone-for-ESA-MAGPIE-Lunar-Lander-update.webp","news_site":"European Spaceflight","summary":"Luxembourg-based ispace-Europe has completed the Mission Definition Review for the European Space Agency’s MAGPIE lunar lander mission. The Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Exploration (MAGPIE) is designed to prospect for water ice in the Moon’s south polar region. It will also map the distribution of hydrogen and study the geological history of the […]\nThe post ispace-Europe Completes Key Milestone for ESA MAGPIE Lunar Lander appeared first on European Spaceflight.","published_at":"2025-09-11T15:50:13Z","updated_at":"2025-09-11T15:50:22.704308Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":33016,"title":"ispace-Europe Completes Key Milestone for ESA MAGPIE Lunar Rover","authors":[{"name":"European Spaceflight","socials":null}],"url":"https://europeanspaceflight.com/ispace-europe-completes-key-milestone-for-esa-magpie-lunar-rover/","image_url":"https://europeanspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ispace-Europe-Completes-Key-Milestone-for-ESA-MAGPIE-Lunar-Lander-update.webp","news_site":"European Spaceflight","summary":"Luxembourg-based ispace-Europe has completed the Mission Definition Review for the European Space Agency’s MAGPIE lunar rover mission. The Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Exploration (MAGPIE) is designed to prospect for water ice in the Moon’s south polar region. It will also map the distribution of hydrogen and study the geological history of the […]\nThe post ispace-Europe Completes Key Milestone for ESA MAGPIE Lunar Rover appeared first on European Spaceflight.","published_at":"2025-09-11T15:50:13Z","updated_at":"2025-09-12T09:50:11.528486Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":31042,"title":"Quantum Sensing via Matter-Wave Interferometry Aboard the International Space Station","authors":[{"name":"NASA","socials":null}],"url":"https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/science-enabling-technology/technology-highlights/quantum-sensing-via-matter-wave-interferometry-aboard-the-international-space-station/","image_url":"https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/science-enabling-technology/technology-highlights/2025/bps-cal-1.jpg","news_site":"NASA","summary":"Future space missions could use quantum technologies to help us understand the physical laws that govern the universe, explore the composition of other planets and their moons, gain insights into unexplained cosmological phenomena, or monitor ice sheet thickness and the amount of water in underground aquafers on Earth. NASA’s Cold Atom Lab (CAL), a first-of-its-kind […]","published_at":"2025-05-06T13:30:00Z","updated_at":"2025-05-06T14:10:17.195551Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":30994,"title":"NASA to continue Lunar Trailblazer recovery efforts through mid-June","authors":[{"name":"Jeff Foust","socials":{"x":"https://x.com/jeff_foust","youtube":"","instagram":"","linkedin":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jefffoust","mastodon":"https://mastodon.social/@jfoust","bluesky":"https://bsky.app/profile/jfoust.bsky.social"}}],"url":"https://spacenews.com/nasa-to-continue-lunar-trailblazer-recovery-efforts-through-mid-june/","image_url":"https://i0.wp.com/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/lunar-trailblazer.jpeg?fit=1024%2C576&quality=89&ssl=1","news_site":"SpaceNews","summary":"NASA will continue efforts to restore contact with Lunar Trailblazer through mid-June, holding out hope it can still conduct its mission to search for water ice on the moon.\r\nThe post NASA to continue Lunar Trailblazer recovery efforts through mid-June appeared first on SpaceNews.","published_at":"2025-05-02T14:34:05Z","updated_at":"2025-05-03T08:10:34.059470Z","featured":false,"launches":[{"launch_id":"fd0fbaac-d079-4027-98b0-bcf25c15a166","provider":"Launch Library 2"}],"events":[]},{"id":28603,"title":"Snooping science on the Moon","authors":[],"url":"https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Snooping_science_on_the_Moon","image_url":"https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2025/01/puli_lunar_water_snooper/26533117-1-eng-GB/Puli_Lunar_Water_Snooper_card_full.jpg","news_site":"ESA","summary":"The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed its first exploration data buy agreement with Hungarian company Puli Space Technologies, whose neutron spectrometer will study water ice in the Moon's south pole region and provide the first direct surface measurements from a permanently shadowed crater. Through this partnership, ESA will obtain data from the spectrometer, which will fly on Intuitive Machines' second lunar mission. ","published_at":"2025-01-15T10:00:00Z","updated_at":"2025-01-15T10:10:14.319730Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]}]}