Mars Mining Co. NewsIndependent space resources news.https://www.marsmining.com/Moon Base rovers will prospect for resources. That's the real storyhttps://www.marsmining.com/news/moon-base-rovers-prospecting/https://www.marsmining.com/news/moon-base-rovers-prospecting/NASA's Oct. 20 update quietly adds resource prospecting to the rovers' daily work. Whether it means anything depends on the payload list.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTUzbekistan makes 77 Artemis Accords signatories. The resource clause rides alonghttps://www.marsmining.com/news/uzbekistan-77th-artemis-accords/https://www.marsmining.com/news/uzbekistan-77th-artemis-accords/Each signature is another government endorsing the U.S. reading of who may own extracted space resources. 2026 has added 17.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTInterlune's Prospect Moon is the first payload built to answer the helium-3 question. It still needs a ridehttps://www.marsmining.com/news/interlune-prospect-moon-payload/https://www.marsmining.com/news/interlune-prospect-moon-payload/Three scoops, two extraction methods and a mass spectrometer. Ready in September 2027, seeking a 2028 launch, with customer deliveries due around the same time.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMMX is heading for Phobos, and its sample could settle a resource questionhttps://www.marsmining.com/news/mmx-phobos-launch/https://www.marsmining.com/news/mmx-phobos-launch/JAXA's sample-return mission launched Oct. 19. Whether Phobos is a captured asteroid or Martian debris changes what it's good for.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuilding a Moon base is a procurement story. Watch NASA's Oct. 23 briefinghttps://www.marsmining.com/news/building-a-moon-base/https://www.marsmining.com/news/building-a-moon-base/Two SpaceNews episodes and a Friday NASA briefing describe a step-by-step base. Local resources stay a bonus until a mission depends on them.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTChang'e-7's slip to 2027 hands the south pole a quiet yearhttps://www.marsmining.com/news/change-7-delay-what-it-costs/https://www.marsmining.com/news/change-7-delay-what-it-costs/China's ice-hunting lander, with a hopper built to enter shadowed craters, missed its August window. What the delay means for the race to measure lunar ice.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTStarship goes orbital from Flight 14. The refueling test is the one that matters for the Moonhttps://www.marsmining.com/news/starship-flight-14-propellant-transfer/https://www.marsmining.com/news/starship-flight-14-propellant-transfer/SpaceX says orbital flights start with Flight 14 and a ship-to-ship propellant transfer is targeted for 2026. Why lunar miners should care more than satellite customers.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTESA is paying to find out whether Moon mining makes money. Goodhttps://www.marsmining.com/news/esa-lunavest-moon-mining-business-case/https://www.marsmining.com/news/esa-lunavest-moon-mining-business-case/A MIRORES-led consortium will model the full lunar resource chain, from prospecting to customer, for water, oxygen, metals and helium-3.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT