NASA Calls on UTEP Miners to Mine Water on the Moon (IMAGE)

University of Texas at El Paso

NASA Calls on UTEP Miners to Mine Water on the Moon

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The University of Texas at El Paso is one of only six universities to receive the inaugural NASA Lunar Surface Technology Research (LuSTR) $2 million grant to develop technologies to mine ice on the moon for future deep space exploration. Students from right to left are: Nathaniel Jurado, graduate research assistant Priscilla Mendoza, graduate research assistant Emmanuel Negron-Ortiz, undergraduate research assistant.

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Ivan Pierre Aguirre/UTEP Communications

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