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Kids in South Korea and a Moon mission
South Korea is about to have its Chandrayaan 1 moment.
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Poem: An ode to our Moon
A blaze aloft at night sent a glimmer of hope flying past the desolation It ignites around Moonshine, so we can all dazzle at the suspended blue marble It twinkles again across the void for a blistering comeback, and a tactful splash Let’s keep the path glowing for these
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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
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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
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Moon Monday #106: Orion is on its way back to Earth while other craft prep their Moonshot
Orion blazes past the Moon to head back home Today, December 5, the uncrewed Orion spacecraft part of NASA’s Artemis I Moon mission precisely propelled itself on a trajectory to Earth, a minute after flying 127 kilometers above the Moon at its closest. Orion’s powerhouse European Service Module
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Luna Sights – Browse an inspiring world of craters, mountains, lava channels and more!
Curating pretty sights of our Moon.
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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
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
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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
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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 global interest
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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
