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Indian Space Progress #1: Looking back at 2022 and forward to 2023
Introducing the world’s only newsletter dedicated to covering all of Indian space.
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Moon Monday #112: Planning Artemis science, exciting mission updates, and more
Planning the science on NASA’s first Artemis crewed Moon landing mission NASA aims to land astronauts on the Moon mid-decade with Artemis III. While the agency’s selection of SpaceX’s Starship lunar lander and commercial spacesuits—along with the standard Artemis mission inclusions of the SLS rocket and
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #111: An Indo-Japanese rover, China’s 4th lunar leap, Artemis collaborations, and more
Dear readers, I have 3 exciting things to share with you today: 1. Moon Monday crossed 4,000 subscribers last week, with the majority gratifyingly continuing to be planetary scientists and engineers, personnel at national space agencies, executives at space companies, and fellow writers & journalists from around the world!
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #110: A spacecraft that sees lunar shadows, Saudi Arabia’s withdrawal from The Moon Treaty, mission updates, and more
I’m excited to launch a new writing product next month! Any guesses on what it might be? Hint: Like Moon Monday, it will be the only one of its kind in the world. 🚀 A glimpse of the Moon’s actual dark side While South Korea’s first lunar orbiter
CLPS
Moon Monday #109: Seven lunar landing attempts this year, and NASA’s budget for Luna
Welcome back to Moon Monday! :D 2023 promises to treat us lunatics with seven robotic Moon landing attempts, with possibly three of them from the U.S., two from Japan, and one each from India and Russia. Below are the latest available updates on them all. Moon landing mission updates
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My best space writings from 2022
Dear readers, In my lifelong mission to write about the exploration of space and our Moon, 2022 turned out to be very productive and satiating. I published 51 editions of my one-of-a-kind Moon Monday newsletter, and wrote 25+ articles on space exploration at large. I also took a major step
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #108: A lunarbound KPLO, many mission updates, future foundations, and more
I’ll be taking my year end break from publishing Moon Monday for two weeks, and get the much needed free time to rest, refresh, and reflect. The next edition will be out on January 9, 2023 and cover all updates between now and then. I hope you enjoy the
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KPLO, South Korea’s first Moon mission
The lunar orbiter launched South Korea’s deep space ambitions.
Articles
Kids in South Korea and a Moon mission
South Korea is about to have its Chandrayaan 1 moment.
Poems
Poem: An ode to Artemis I
The success of NASA’s Artemis I Moon mission, and the amazing views of our Moon from its Orion spacecraft, inspired me to write a poem. A blaze aloft at night put a glimmer of hope flying past the desolation It ignites around Moonshine, so we can all dazzle at
Artemis
Moon Monday #107: NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashes on Earth while ispace Japan launches for the Moon
Orion comes back home with dreams of a crewed Moon landing Like the skip of a stone on water, NASA’s crew-capable Artemis I Orion capsule incoming from the Moon performed an autonomously guided bounced reentry into Earth’s atmosphere on December 11, subsequently descending with aid from its mighty
Japan and Selene
ispace Japan’s lander launches for the Moon, carrying UAE’s rover and hopes for its future lunar ambitions
Edit on May 29, 2023: The lander failed to touchdown. :( Today, December 11, private Japanese company ispace inc. launched its first ever Moon mission M1 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. ispace’s robotic “Hakuto-R” spacecraft is now on a low-energy, fuel-efficient trajectory to the Moon, after four months of