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Interlune wins NASA contract for helium-3 extraction payload

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May 4, 2026 • 58 views
Original source: SpaceNews

Interlune, a startup with plans to harvest helium-3 from the moon, has won a NASA contract to develop a payload to test ways to extract the isotope from lunar regolith.

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