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Meet RESILIENCE, ispace Japanās second Moon mission Following ispace Japanās failed touchdown attempt on the Moon with the M1 mission in April, the company has improved the hardware and software design of the Hakuto-R lander for the M2 mission in late 2024, called āRESILIENCEā to reflect the spirited
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Iām stoked to welcome KaleidEO as the third organization sponsor of my monthly Indian Space Progress reports! š Bengaluru-based KaleidEO is a SatSure company on a mission to elevate the value of information from Earth observation satellites by offering analytics-ready data coupled with its upcoming optical and multispectral satellites touting
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NASA gets serious about extracting oxygen on the Moon On November 6, NASA formally requested input from the US industry on how to go about (competitively) funding a Moon mission payload that will demonstrate extracting oxygen from lunar soil and rocks. Called Lunar Infrastructure Foundational Technologies (LIFT-1), NASA aims for
Articles
Iād like to bring your attention to a worrying report on SpaceXās safety issues as published yesterday by Reuters based on what looks like a comprehensive investigation. The whole article is worth a read but Iām excerpting below some notable parts that either need to be taken
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<This edition of Moon Monday was pre-scheduled on Sunday night IST to get published and delivered per usual on Monday since Iām tending to a family need.> Iām delighted to welcome space writer and author Gurbir Singh as an individual sponsor of both Moon Monday and
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If youāre reading this blog+newsletter, youāre likely in a position of privilege. Please consider donating for the affected innocent kids in the Hamas-Israel war. The Palestine Childrenās Relief Fund is the option Iāve supported via since the non-political non-profit is providing basic necessities to children
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Today marks 150 weekly editions of archiving and contextualizing global developments in the exploration of our Moon. Itās satiating to work on and write the worldās only such resource. If you enjoy and appreciate my work to serve space communities worldwide, kindly consider sponsoring Moon Monday as an
ISRO Chandrayaan
There have been so many notable developments in Indian space the past month that this edition of Indian Space Progress was hard to succinctly summarize. What a nice problem to have! Also, Iām happy and grateful to share that these Indian Space Progress monthly reports are now read by
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Two clarifications from Moon Monday #148: Most of the enhanced mobility I referred to provided by Axiomās upcoming AxEMU spacesuits for crewed Artemis astronauts isnāt in contrast to NASAās xEMU units but rather the current EMU suits in operation at the International Space Station. In fact, being
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Iām in Delhi this week to attend the Indian Space Conclave. If youāre around, get in touch to chat space, science, writing, and the Web! Mission updates * JAXAās SLIM lunar lander flew 5,000 kilometers past the Moon on October 4. Andrew Jones reports that SLIMās
Indian Space
Dear readers, Iām happy and grateful to share that my Indian Space Progress monthly reports are now read by more than 5,000 of you space enthusiasts! šš®š³ Indian Space Progress is the worldās only newsletter dedicated to covering the Indian space landscapeāfrom space technology, launch & exploration
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Mission updates * CNSA announced on September 29 that China will indeed launch the Changāe 6 farside sample return spacecraft and its supporting orbiter next year. * Following two maneuvers last month to raise the SLIM lunar landerās Earthbound orbit, JAXA fired the spacecraftās engines on October 1 to
