With Artemis II done, challenges confront NASA to send astronauts on Artemis III and IV | Moon Monday #272
Key developments to watch out for this year as both China and the US aim to land humans on the Moon by the end of this decade.
Articles on Chandrayaan 2, the orbiter to remember
* ISRO’s Chandrayaan 2 orbiter has been creating the highest resolution map of the Moon * Lunar science galore from Chandrayaan 2 * How the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter is a Sun watcher at the Moon * International collaboration and outlook: * ISRO has been aiding NASA in Artemis crewed Moon landing site selections * NASA,
Articles on Chandrayaan 1, India’s first Moon mission
* Looking back at Chandrayaan 1 and forward to Artemis * How NASA and India discovered water on our Moon * Interviewing Chandrayaan 1’s Mission Director * How Chandrayaan 1 viewed a solar eclipse from the Moon * Tangent: Kids in South Korea and a Moon mission Like my efforts to provide free resources
Did NASA’s Artemis II mission really do lunar science or go to the Moon for all humanity?
An unfortunate breakdown of too many giant leaps of imagination. | Moon Monday #271
Poem: Back to the Moon..
For me not thee, but still for humanity..
Poem: Selene, smashed not shattered
Tucked in a tiny timed capsule against its wonky, worldly windows mesmerized the momentary Moonfarers at sweeping sights of Selene Creased by craters and crowning peaks melts and mountains molded in weeks amid barrages of ballistically laid beads lingered the landscape of Luna What the world could view is impact
Artemis II astronauts gazed at our Moon with joy, curiosity, and reverence. Through finer robotic orbital views, so can you.
Thanks to our robotic explorers, and the great leveler that is the Internet, you too can “Copy, Moon joy.” | Moon Monday #270
Why haven’t humans gone back to the Moon no longer a valid question thanks to NASA Artemis II lunar flyby
Plus: A poetic ode to our exploration of Luna | Moon Monday #269
Poem: Antariksh ki pyaas / अंतरिक्ष की प्यास / The thirst for space
Original in Hindustani, as English transliteration and in देवनागरी, followed by its English translation (though not as lyrical): Antariksh ki pyaas Woh bachpan ki kitaabe jisne dikhaye sitaare aaj bhi yaad se nihaare Durbin ki drishṭi me jagmag falak aur yaano ki gati se graho ki jalak Kalpana
India’s rockets will not meet its civil space and strategic launch manifest even at peak performance
Part 3 of India’s space launch crisis | Indian Space Progress #37
Ignition, not yet liftoff, of NASA’s ambitious Artemis Moonbase plans | Moon Monday #268
Plus: NASA in final prep to launch Artemis II astronauts around Luna.
China surfaces details of spacecraft to land humans on Luna by 2030 | Moon Monday #267
From landing system development to trajectory design and landing site selection to abort scenarios.
