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NASA and Skyeports Create Self-Sustaining Moon Habitats

10/24/2025

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NASA and Skyeports are collaborating to develop glass habitats on the Moon by turning lunar regolith into durable glass spheres that could serve as living spaces for astronauts.
The spheres are designed as self-sustaining ecosystems that can repair themselves and generate energy through solar panels.
Future tests of the glassblowing technique will occur in a thermal vacuum chamber and aboard the International Space Station, with lunar surface tests possible afterward.

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NASA and Skyeports are collaborating to develop glass habitats on the Moon by turning lunar regolith into durable glass spheres that could serve as living spaces for astronauts.
The spheres are designed as self-sustaining ecosystems that can repair themselves and generate energy through solar panels.
Future tests of the glassblowing technique will occur in a thermal vacuum chamber and aboard the International Space Station, with lunar surface tests possible afterward.