Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #31
NASA missions to the Moon's farside and an enigmatic swirl, France expresses interest in Chinese-Russian lunar science base, 4.2 billion years old Apollo samples, Yutu-2 radar results, and more.
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Rocket equation 101: The Moon as a launch platform
Earth alone cannot power our future in space, and other realizations from the rocket equation.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #30
New Zealand signs Artemis Accords, NASA begins stacking SLS for its 1st launch, Canada outs bid requests for its Moon rover, favorable water-rich sites on the lunar poles, and more lunar developments.
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Why explore Saturn and its moons
The crown jewel of our solar system has complex rings, diverse moons and possible life to find.
Articles
How we study the Sun and its wind
How the Sun drives space weather, affects life on Earth, and why we invest billions in studying it.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #29
ispace's 2022 Moon landing mission to carry international payloads, South Korea joins NASA Artemis, Canada to send a lunar rover by 2025, Theia's remains on Earth, and more lunar developments.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #28
ESA progresses on its lunar communication network, Firefly selects SpaceX to launch its Moon landing mission, Orion's successful splash test, what's in the Moon's mantle, and more lunar developments.
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How NASA decides where to land on Mars
The multi-decade drive to explore the question “Did Mars once have life?” has opened the way for future pinpoint landings throughout the solar system.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #27
NASA might need to add another Human Landing System provider, Russia shapes plans to land cosmonauts on the Moon, farside missions for big science, see the Moon in 3D, and more lunar developments.
Visual Space
Watch the Moon in 3D
And how NASA's Moon orbiter pulls it off with a single camera.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #26
SpaceX safely lands Starship prototype, VIPER undergoes slope testing, a new Moon dust cleaner, radio astronomy from the farside, a lunar museum, and more developments in the lunar space.
Articles
How we got to know the Moon’s gravity is lumpy
The Moon's gravity anomalies have been crashing spacecraft since the 1960s.