Our Moon is valuable even beyond itself | Moon Monday #239

And how science does not exist in a (lunar) vacuum.

Moon Monday #238: The long march to Luna continues

Plus Artemis updates.

Notable nuances about NISAR and how it flows into planetary science for NASA and ISRO | Indian Space Progress #30

NISAR demonstrates peak peaceful uses of cutting-edge space technologies to solve humanity’s fundamental problems, and then some more.

Moon Monday #237: China completes large lander test in latest milestone to put humans on the Moon

Reviewing all recent advances from China as it prepares to perform crewed Moon missions. Plus more mission updates.

Moon Monday #236: A third orbiter-lander-rover trio to fire-and-fly

I’m thrilled to welcome Astrolab as a continuing yearly sponsor of my Moon Monday blog+newsletter! California-based Venturi Astrolab Inc. (Astrolab) is developing the large multi-purpose rovers of FLEX and FLIP for advanced exploration of our Moon this decade and next. Through FLEX, Astrolab leads one of the three

Everything you need to know about NASA CLPS Moon landing missions

A look at the armada of robotic landers NASA is riding to the Moon this decade.

A story about open knowledge sharing in space

It was eight years ago that I wrote a guide on how to correctly and reliably install NASA’s popular HEASoft software on Linux, a software which is extensively used in high energy Astrophysics research. I wrote it because the official guides on NASA HEASoft’s website were failing to

Moon Monday #235: Artemis and other mission updates

Read to the end for a jolly Jovian update!

Explore our Moon’s wild places and wonderful samples | Moon Monday #234

A special early edition of Moon Monday for International Moon Day, July 20.

Was Shukla’s Axiom-4 flight to the International Space Station worth it for ISRO? | Indian Space Progress #29

A complicated question to answer for a controversial flight intended to advance India’s grand ambition of indigenously sending humans to space.

Moon Monday #233: Visualizing a new Moon based on scientific discoveries by China’s Chang’e 6 mission

Highlighting all major findings with a visual that lets you picture the scientific value the Chinese have added to humanity’s exploration of our Moon.

Moon Monday #232: Still free mission updates

And encouraging information sharing.