Varanasi, July 16 -- Scientists at IIT BHU have achieved a significant milestone for India's future lunar missions and long-term human space missions by developing artificial lunar soil (lunar soil simulant).
Research has also begun on the extraction of metals from this soil and the production of lunar construction materials.
According to the institute, this achievement, following the success of India's Chandrayaan-3 mission, will provide new strength to the national goal of developing advanced lunar technology and establishing a permanent human presence on the Moon in the future.
This multidisciplinary research project is led by Professor Kamlesh Kumar Singh of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering.
The research team includes Dr....