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Are planets with two stars promising places for life?
A look at the potential for habitable planets in binary systems despite their chaotic births.
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Moon Monday #93: Another Artemis I delay, Moon-dedicated ground stations, a versatile rover, and more updates
A notorious hydrogen leak stops brimming SLS rocket from blasting off of Earth On September 3, NASA scrubbed the second launch attempt of the super heavy-lift SLS rocket for the Artemis I mission to send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon and back. While the first launch was cancelled
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Moon Monday #92: Artemis I launch delay, skeleton Starship, powering a lunar base, and more updates
The Sun isn’t rising for the SLS just yet The super heavy-lift SLS rocket just can’t catch a break. NASA scrubbed today’s launch of SLS for the Artemis I mission to send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon and back. The launch was called off because
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NASA’s Artemis I is loaded with sidekick science and technology missions
January 2023 Edit: I’ve covered post-launch updates on the CubeSats on Moon Monday #104, #105, and #108. NASA is all set to launch the SLS rocket on August 29, setting in motion the historic Artemis I mission to send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon and back. While
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By Jatan Mehta, an independent space & Moon exploration writer and globally invited speaker.
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Moon Monday #91: Artemis landing sites and a launch on the horizon, lunar construction, and more updates
Potential zones for the first Artemis Moon landing Following an uncrewed and crewed flight around the Moon with Artemis I and Artemis II respectively, NASA will land astronauts on the lunar surface mid-decade with Artemis III. Its astronauts will reach lunar orbit in an Orion spacecraft blasted from Earth by
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My articles on Indian space
Here are all notable articles and blog posts I’ve published on India’s largely successful—but also very opaque—space program, including all of its planetary missions. I keep updating any evergreen posts within this list, and will maintain the list itself for the convenience of readers, so make
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Space science missions ISRO will launch in the near future
India’s nascent space science endeavors to get a much needed boost.
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Moon Monday #90: An armada of radiation detectors, preparing for dark Moonwalks, and more lunar updates
Today marks 75 years of India’s independence from colonial rule. Just as my country has since been contributing to and learning from the world via our existence as Earth’s largest democracy, I hope our growing Chandrayaan ambitions and resurgence in collaborative planetary science efforts will play an important
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Lunar Trailblazer, NASA’s Moon water mapper
Advancing our understanding of water across the Moon for exploration and science.
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Ultimate guide to water on the Moon
Water ice on the lunar poles is central to exploration plans of space agencies worldwide.
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Moon Monday #89: A lunar-bound Korean craft, crew for the Moon, hybrid exploration, and more updates
KPLO on its way to our cosmic neighbor! On August 5, 2022 (KST), a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched and deployed the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) towards the Moon. With KPLO, South Korea forays into planetary exploration, begins its ambitious lunar exploration program, and finds a collaborator in