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Helios scientists conduct an experiment to produce iron. (Courtesy, Helios)
March 12, 2023, 11:28 pm
Company aiming to create oxygen on moon finds process to make steel plants cleaner
Helios claims that replacing carbon with sodium to prise oxygen out of iron ores — an early stage in steel manufacturing — can slash carbon emissions, energy and production costs
By Sue Surkes
A illustration of humans working on the moon (screenshot from YouTube NASA video)
December 31, 2022, 8:26 am
Israeli pens plan for belt of solar panels on moon to power oxygen production
With NASA mulling nuclear reactor to generate energy, Ben Gurion University expert says his idea would produce same amount of power with six times less mass
By Sue Surkes
An illustration of an oxygen depot on the moon by Israeli startup Helios. (Helios)
August 17, 2022, 11:43 am
Israeli space tech startup Helios partners with Eta Space to make oxygen on Moon
Companies will leverage each other’s expertise to develop lunar oxygen production and liquefaction plant
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative: The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station for docking, April 24, 2021. (NASA via AP, File)
May 18, 2022, 6:29 pm
Israel plans to invest NIS 600 million to develop civilian space tech
New project by Israel Space Agency hopes to position country as ‘one of the world’s leaders in the space industry’
By Ricky Ben-David
An illustration of the Lunar Extractor technology developed by Helios, which the startup hopes will be able to make oxygen on the Moon. (Courtesy)
October 18, 2021, 4:39 pm
Israel’s Helios to deliver space tech to the moon aboard European lunar lander
Startup signs agreement with Germany-based OHB to prove its oxygen-from-moon-sand tech works in no-gravity conditions
By Ricky Ben-David
An illustration of the Lunar Extractor technology developed by Helios, which the startup hopes will be able to make oxygen on the Moon. (Courtesy)
July 19, 2021, 5:27 pm
Israel’s Helios hitches ride on Japan lunar lander in bid to make oxygen on Moon
Startup signs accord to join second and third ispace missions; seeks to prove its oxygen-from-Moon-sand tech works in no-gravity conditions
By Shoshanna Solomon
Simulated lunar sand melted at 1600 degrees celsius by Helium to develop oxygen (Courtesy)
April 26, 2021, 1:44 pm
Making oxygen from moon sand, startup eyes long-term life in space
Tech developed by Helios melts lunar soil to extract oxygen for fuel, enabling lower payloads and lower costs for space missions
By Shoshanna Solomon
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