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Moon Monday #105: An Orion around Luna, CubeSat quests, ESA’s lunar ambitions, future mission updates, and more
NASA’s crew-capable Orion spacecraft now orbiting the Moon In what seems to be a very successful Artemis I mission, NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft entered its desired Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) around our Moon as of November 25. Upon completing about half an orbit on December 1 at an
Fun with serious SLS rocket headlines
I've been having some fun writing eerily reflective headlines on my Moon Monday newsletter about the clumsy progress of NASA’s SLS rocket that cost $23 billion. * NASA’s Moon rocket crawls to the launchpad * NASA’s Moon rocket just won’t move fast enough * The SLS rocket’
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Moon Monday #104: Reflecting on Artemis I and our future at Luna, a robotic lander launch, new lunar contracts and mission updates
Artemis I launches the world’s ambitions and hopes for the Moon In a collective sigh of relief felt across the global space community, NASA finally launched the 1.6-million-kilogram SLS rocket on November 16, perfectly per the post-liftoff timeline, setting in motion the historic Artemis I mission to send
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Moon Monday #103: A CAPSTONE around the Moon, and updates on craft to follow soon
CAPSTONE enters lunar orbit On November 13, the NASA-funded and Advanced Space-led CAPSTONE spacecraft successfully executed a 16-minute burn of 0.44 Newtons at the right time as it flew by the Moon and entered into its intended unique Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit. This is the same orbit that the NASA-led
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Talk: From Chandrayaan to Artemis, highlighting collaboration in our return to the Moon
I was invited by the Moon Village Association India to give a talk on the 2022 International Moon Day. Topics discussed in From Chandrayaan to Artemis: (In addition to the video timestamps below, find links to several articles for more information) * 2:37 - Chandrayaan 1 * 7:55 - Renewed
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Past mistakes to avoid in our grand return to the Moon this decade
The last two decades mark the beginning of a true return to exploring our Moon. The 2000s saw Europe, Japan, China and India launch their successful lunar orbiters SMART-1, SELENE, Chang’e 1 and Chandrayaan 1 respectively. The 2010s can be defined by roller coaster Moon landing attempts, with China
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Moon Monday #102: CAPSTONE and SLS prep for rendezvous with Luna, and a load of exciting future mission updates
A public service announcement since Moon Monday is my most read space (pun intended): With everything happening at Twitter, many people are flocking to Mastodon and/or other platforms. As an open Web enthusiast who is on Mastodon and similar socials since years, I think that’s great but misses
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The bevy of rovers heading for the Moon
A look at all the big and small mobile robots that will explore the lunar surface over the next five years.
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Moon Monday #101: Three November launches, an exciting Artemis IV mission, and more updates
Lunar Flashlight to launch alongside ispace’s Moon lander in November In a delightful update, NASA announced last week that the Lunar Flashlight CubeSat will launch as a secondary payload between November 9–15 onboard the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will lift ispace Japan’s first Moon lander.
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Moon Monday #100: Chandrayaan 3 and OneWeb, Orion’s true cost, and more lunar updates
I’ve never been more proud and happy to publish a post on the Internet, for this is the 100th edition of Moon Monday. When I started the newsletter nearly 2 years ago, it didn’t seem there would be enough happening in lunar exploration to reflect on every week
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The time NASA figured out that our Moon is cratered all the way down
And a parallel to what we’re building now as we return to the Moon.