Indian Space
Indian Space Progress #20ā21: ISROās plan to study Venus alongside NASA and ESA
Also in this special edition: ISROās ambitions to fetch samples from the Moon, build a space station, and develop a heavy-lift rocket!
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Moon Monday
Moon Monday #196: Confusion about lunar water and LUPEX, and papers plus mission updates
You can now follow my articles on some non-questionable social networks that alsoĀ federate (interoperate): Flipboard, Mastodon and Bluesky. The hunt for water on the Moon continues US researchers find that permanently shadowed regions up to 77Ā° latitudeāwhich is outside the Moonās south poleācould host surface
Letās explore our Moonās mountains! š
The Moon is home to some amazing mountains. Unlike the millions of years it takes for most mountains on Earth to form via slowly colliding tectonic plates, most lunar mountains form near-instantly through asteroid or cometary impacts.Ā Here are some resources to explore them. š» 1. With cool elevation graphs
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #195: Little LUNA on Earth, a Sino spacesuit, and communicating navcom
You know how I remarked in the previous Moon Monday about having two feature stories instead of one to adequately contextualize big new developments? Well, this weekās Moon Monday has three! For Europe, China, and the US. š Europeās new test facility brings more of those lunar vibes on
US Artemis
Video: The next Moon landing missions by Intuitive Machines for NASA CLPS
A popular YouTube channel has worked with me to create another video based on my Moon Monday blog+newsletter, this time on the next three Moon landing missions by Intuitive Machines for NASA as part of the agencyās CLPS program. Note: I didnāt choose the video title. My
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #194: On the approval of Indiaās Chandrayaan 4 sample return mission, and first look at Changāe 6 samples
This weekās Moon Monday has not one but two feature stories! So much has been happening in lunar exploration this whole year that Iāve transitioned to writing deep dives more frequently so as to adequately capture and contextualize big updates. If you appreciate my efforts to bring you
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #193: Repurposing lunar missions to enable deep space exploration, and launches on the horizon
After a week full of chores, writing this weekās Moon Monday yesterday and today has made me feel alive again. Hope you enjoy this edition as thereās a lot to contextualize! š¤ Continuing the trend, China repurposes Changāe 6 orbiter module The Changāe 6 orbiter module, which
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #192: From trying to revive VIPER to advancing Australian lunar technologies
The latest effort to save VIPER Members of the US Congress are stepping up efforts in the ongoing scramble to save the VIPER rover mission, which was envisioned to uniquely study lunar water deposits. Specifically, representatives in the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology wrote an open letter to
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #191: A stream of CLPS and Artemis lunar mission updates
Intuitive Machines to launch a fourth Moon mission for NASA NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines a $116.9 million contract to deliver six science & technology payloads to the Moonās south pole in 2027. The mission part of NASAās CLPS program is the fourth and largest such task
Indian Space
Indian Space Progress #19: On the new rocket in town, and many mission updates
A nimble new launch(er) On August 16, ISRO launched its smallest and newest rocket SSLV, which successfully placed the agencyās 175-kilogram EOS-08 Earth observation satellite into its intended 475-kilometer circular orbit. The satellite carries a number of novel technological components as well as an innovative
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #190: On the varied importance of the Chandrayaan 3 rover, and more mission updates
Grab some tea, coffee, or beverage of your choice because this weekās Moon Monday is a sci-tech deep dive! š Chandrayaan 3 contributes to learning our Moonās origin and evolution The first ever ground-based measurements of high-latitude lunar soil and rocks made by the Chandrayaan 3
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On celebrating Chandrayaan 3ās Moon landing, or that of Apollo
Many readers have asked me this week if I plan on blogging something today for the anniversary ofĀ Chandrayaan 3ās Moon landing, which India now celebrates as National Space Day. The answer is the same as what I do for Apollo anniversaries: Nothing. Donāt get me wrong. Iā
