Greece-based entrepreneur has a unique idea for moon-bound deliveries: using a giant net to catch packages launched from lunar orbit. Although there are still many hurdles to clear, the system would ...

Following this, Interlune is targeting 2032 for the launch of a solar-powered operating plant, which would include five mobile harvesters. The operation would also be able to return material mined ...

Interlune, a Seattle-based startup, has unveiled a lunar excavator in partnership with Vermeer, an industrial equipment manufacturer. This machine is designed to process up to 100 tons (metric tonnes) ...

A US startup is looking to our closest satellite to fill a resources gap here on Earth. Helium-3 is rare on terra firma, but is thought to be abundant in the regolith of the Moon. Interlune has ...

Interlune therefore wants to mine it on the moon. The US company has presented the prototype of a mining system. It is a full-size excavator designed to dig up regolith, i.e., moon dust, on the moon.

Interlune has raised $18 million in funding so far, and is planning its first mission to the Moon before 2030. Electrek’s Take Interlune helium harvester concept; via Interlune.

US-based start up Interlune has unveiled helium-3 harvestor prototype for a novel moon-mining machine.Rob Meyerson, co-founder and CEO of the Seattle-based startup Interlune said: When you're ...

Seattle startup Interlune's newly unveiled machine is designed to churn up 110 tons (100 metric tons) of moon dirt per hour to harvest helium-3, a fuel for future fusion reactors.

Iowa-based Vermeer Corp. has partnered with Interlune to create a lunar excavator. The excavator is designed to collect 100 metric tons of moon dirt per hour to harvest rare helium-3.

Interlune was founded back in 2020 and it is based in Seattle. It mostly stayed under the radar, but broke cover with the bang at the beginning of May 2025, when it revealed plans to build the ...

Pella-based Vermeer Corp. and Interlune, a Seattle, Washington-based natural resources company, have unveiled a full-scale prototype of a lunar excavator designed to harvest helium-3 on the moon.