Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #56
ESA training future astronauts in a Moon-like lava tube; NASA SLS rocket to get booster upgrade next decade; a microcrystal for lunar solar power; how to process Chang'e data, and more lunar updates.
Latest
On some major upcoming European planetary missions
The European Space Agency is sending some of the most ambitious missions to explore the solar system in the next 10 years.
Visual Space
What are swirls on the Moon?
The bright and magnetic features whose origin remain a mystery.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #55
Japan to recruit new astronauts for Gateway lunar station; Intuitive Machines to attempt a Moon landing selfie; carbon dioxide cold traps on the Moon confirmed, and more lunar updates.
Explore
Gallery: Our Moon's marvelous mountains
A peek at lunar peaks, mountain rings, volcanic domes, and more.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #54
NASA to send commercial Moon lander to an enigmatic swirl, U.S. watchdog says Artemis is currently unsustainable, Northrop Grumman to bid rugged rover for future astronauts, and more lunar updates.
The Moon will always be there
Even as the night sky goes starless.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #53
NASA delays landing humans on the Moon, Astrobotic builds lunar regolith lab to test rovers, ESA training astronauts in geology and making a tablet for Moonwalks, and more lunar updates.
Articles
VERITAS, NASA’s Venus mapper
NASA’s mission to understand Venus’ possibly habitable past and hostile present.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #52
SpaceX to land the first Artemis astronauts on the Moon after all, NASA & Intuitive Machines select landing site for crucial polar mission, the scientifically rich Schrödinger crater, & more updates.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #51
UAE to join Israel's bold new Moon mission, Firefly to start building their Moon lander, ISRO's Chandrayaan 2 orbiter creating 3D terrain maps, the SLS rocket to linger for over 30 years, and more.
Articles
ExoMars 2022: The Kazachok lander and Rosalind Franklin rover
A joint European-Russian mission to find signs of life on Mars.