Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #25
Drama around NASA selecting SpaceX Starship for historic mission, UAE builds Moon rover prototype, 3D shapes of Apollo 11 lunar dust, initial radar results from ISRO's Chandrayaan 2 orbiter, and more.
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Space for fun
Space memes
A little space for fun. Pun intended.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #24
Details on Chinese-Russian Moon base, stepping stones to lunar resources, SpaceX Starship in context, Germany to send radiation detectors to the Moon, and more developments in the lunar space.
Articles
Can we make Mars Earth-like?
Is terraforming Mars to make it habitable possible with the technology we have today?
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #23
SpaceX Starship to land NASA astronauts on the Moon, UAE's lunar rover hitches ride on Japanese lander, Astrobotic selects Falcon Heavy for VIPER flight, Chang'e 5 samples database, and more.
Articles
Daring gravity assist maneuvers in space
Ingenious maneuvers by missions to go over the Sun, chase a comet and sail using the Sun.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #22
NASA begins fueling Orion for its first Moon trip, hardware upgrades ongoing for safer crewed missions, enigmatic volcanic mounds on the Moon, and more developments in the lunar space.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #21
Splash test of a future Moon capsule, Gateway lunar station engine tested, NASA strengthens collaboration with South Korea, oxidation on the Moon, and more developments in the lunar space.
Talks
My article on Mangalyaan was rejected 8 times but I published it anyway
This is the behind the scenes story of my article on missing science from India’s Mars orbiter. September 24, 2020 marked the six-year anniversary of India’s Mangalyaan spacecraft entering Mars orbit. Like every year, I expected Indian media outlets to publish articles about the mission’s success. After
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #20
NASA weighs in on lunar solar power, Intuitive Machines signs ground station agreement with Parkes, automated crater counting, a lunar ark, and more developments in the lunar space.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #19
NASA's SLS rocket roars, Russia's Luna-25 Moon lander launching this year, ESA to provide a lunar navigation service, India's Moon orbiter senses Chromium, and more developments in the lunar space.
Links
How NASA defines “Special Regions” for Mars missions
Here’s something interesting I came across last year while writing the article “How NASA decides where to land on Mars”. NASA had some restrictions in place for selecting the region its Perseverance rover will land on and explore. From its landing site selection page: The Mars 2020 Science Definition