> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://jatan.space/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Explore our Moon! - URL: https://jatan.space/our-moon/ - Published: 2026-07-20T13:54:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-03T14:47:17.000Z - Description: A curated page of resources to learn and share how countries worldwide have explored our stellar cosmic companion. - Author: Jatan Mehta - Tags: Explore, Moon Monday Our Moon is a unique place to answer fundamental questions about our Solar System and also help enable sustained human presence in space. Over years, I’ve been writing accessible stories about the Moon’s said value for as broad an audience as I can. I’ve placed all that work together in context on this curated Moon page, along with several external resources, to provide a good entry point for people from all backgrounds to learn about our Moon and its specific themes, and evangelize its continued exploration. I hope you like my labor of lunar love. **–** [**Jatan Mehta**](https://jatan.space/about) **Note:* You can also click on the images to open the respective links. (Since this is a visual browsing page, image credits are inside the links.)* ## Look up to our Moon [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2024/02/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f9fe36306-66da-4806-b77b-29815510131e_2500x1600-jpeg.jpg)](https://jatan.space/why-explore-the-moon/) [****Why explore our Moon**](https://jatan.space/why-explore-the-moon/) [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2025/08/farside-moon-and-earth-change-5-t1.jpg)](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-239/) [****Our Moon is valuable even beyond itself ✨**](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-239/) [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2024/02/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f6a114358-654a-449e-b904-adca06d3fb5c_2190x1500-jpeg.jpg)](https://jatan.space/lunasights/) [****Luna Sights – A visual tour of our Moon, at scales big and small**](https://jatan.space/lunasights/) [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2026/07/our-moon-rebecca-boyle-book-cover-small-2.jpg)](https://rebeccaboyle.com/our-moon-how-earths-celestial-companion-transformed-the-planet-guided-evolution-and-made-us-who-we-are/) [****Book: Our Moon, by Rebecca Boyle**](https://rebeccaboyle.com/our-moon-how-earths-celestial-companion-transformed-the-planet-guided-evolution-and-made-us-who-we-are/) [Science facts from simply watching the Moon 🌕](https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/5-science-facts-moon/) [NASA’s Moon page 🌙](https://science.nasa.gov/moon/) ## Programs and global progress [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2024/02/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2fe53238ad-bcc1-4884-a2d1-9370d1aa80af_2000x1430-jpeg.jpg)](https://jatan.space/apollo-moon-origin/) [****How the Apollo missions transformed our understanding of the Moon’s origin**](https://jatan.space/apollo-moon-origin/) [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2026/07/artemis-ii-astronauts-return-to-earth-after-lunar-flyby.jpeg)](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-270/) [****Artemis II flew four astronauts around the Moon**](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-270/) [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2026/06/lunokhod-1-2-render.jpg)](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/the-other-moon-landings-6457729/) [****The Soviet Luna landings**](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/the-other-moon-landings-6457729/) [Curated Apollo stories 🧑🏻‍🚀](https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/celebrating-apollo-at-50) [Experience Apollo in real time ⏱️](https://apolloinrealtime.org/) [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2026/04/ch-2-orbiter-cover.jpg)](https://jatan.space/chandrayaan/) [****Deep dive into India’s Chandrayaan Moon missions**](https://jatan.space/chandrayaan/) [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2024/02/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f63d7d66c-881b-4f74-881c-5bbb5fcbfe6e_1559x1134-jpeg.jpg)](https://jatan.space/kplo/) [****KPLO, South Korea’s first Moon mission**](https://jatan.space/kplo/) [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2025/12/firefly-blue-ghost-clps-lander-at-mare-crisium-and-on-earth.jpg)](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-218/#firefly-deserves-an-unusual-kudos) [****Blue Ghost 1, the first successful private Moon lander**](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-218/#firefly-deserves-an-unusual-kudos) [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2025/11/chang-e-5-and-6-samples.jpeg)](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-255/#china) [****China’s lunar leaps and fetched samples**](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-255/#china) [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2024/02/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f6ed0f2dc-d28d-443c-9f44-8a5b1d67f918_640x480-jpeg.jpg)](https://jatan.space/precision-moon-landings-and-the-future/) [****JAXA’s SLIM lander sparked an era of precision landings**](https://jatan.space/precision-moon-landings-and-the-future/) [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2024/02/chandrayaan-3-stack-in-acoustic-chamber.jpg)](https://jatan.space/how-we-test-moon-landers/) [****How engineers test Moon landers on Earth**](https://jatan.space/how-we-test-moon-landers/) [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2024/03/artemis-iii-candidate-landing-regions.jpg)](https://jatan.space/indian-space-issue-15/) [****How India-US and India-Japan have collaborated to select lunar landing sites**](https://jatan.space/indian-space-issue-15/) [Global lunar activities in 2026 🌗](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-282/) [Moon missions worldwide in 2025 🌕](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-255/) [2024 lunar exploration rundown 🌙](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-206/) ## Lunar science [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2026/07/water-ice-moon-map-m3.jpg)](https://jatan.space/how-nasa-and-chandrayaan-discovered-water-on-the-moon/) [****How NASA and India discovered water on the Moon**](https://jatan.space/how-nasa-and-chandrayaan-discovered-water-on-the-moon/) [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2024/02/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f70aa76c7-04a4-4f3b-8fea-9b1aa9aedc62_1641x985-jpeg.jpg)](https://jatan.space/exploring-moon-mountains/) [****Moon mountains are a marvel of instant formation**](https://jatan.space/exploring-moon-mountains/) [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2026/07/chang-e-6-basalt-sample-under-a-polarizing-microscope.jpg)](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-233/) [****Visualizing a new Moon based on scientific discoveries by China’s Chang’e 6 mission**](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-233/) [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2026/07/lro-water-on-the-moon-gif-snapshot-1.jpg)](https://jatan.space/ultimate-guide-to-water-on-the-moon/) [****Ultimate guide to water on the Moon**](https://jatan.space/ultimate-guide-to-water-on-the-moon/) and [****permanently shadowed regions**](https://jatan.space/permanently-shadowed-regions-on-the-moon/) [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2025/10/chang-e-7-mobile-hopper-1.jpeg)](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-248/) [****How China’s Chang’e 7 mission will comprehensively study lunar polar water**](https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-248/) [ESA’s Library of Lunar Science 🔭](http://lunarexploration.esa.int/library) ## Lunar poetry [![](https://jatan.space/content/images/2025/12/earth-moon-horizon-kplo-2.jpg)](https://jatan.space/an-ode-to-our-moon/) [An ode to our Moon 🌙](https://jatan.space/an-ode-to-our-moon/) [Selene, smashed not shattered 💥](https://jatan.space/selene-smashed-not-shattered/) [Back to the Moon.. ](https://jatan.space/back-to-the-moon/) [Don’t screw up the Moon :/](https://jatan.space/dont-screw-up-the-moon/) [The dawn of your light 🌕](https://jatan.space/the-dawn-of-your-light/) --- ## Fascinated by our Moon? 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