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Articles on future Chandrayaan missions

* Chandrayaan 4 will bring unique Moon materials—and maybe a giant scientific leap for India * The case for India and China to exchange lunar samples * Why India needs to launch Chandrayaan 4 in time to ensure maximum national and international benefits * Chandrayaan 5 LUPEX mission will drill for water on

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Articles: Science from Chandrayaan 3

* An overview of all Chandrayaan 3 science results * How Chandrayaan 3 contributed insights on our Moon’s origin and evolution * Results from Chandrayaan 3 thermal experiment benefit future missions eyeing lunar water * Chandrayaan 3 rover may (or may not) have stumbled upon the Moon’s mantle material * Chandrayaan 3 orbiter

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Articles: From a crashing Chandrayaan 2 to an upright Chandrayaan 3 on the Moon

* On Chandrayaan 2’s landing attempt failure * Overview of Chandrayaan 2, India’s first Moon landing attempt * Watching Chandrayaan 2 launch * Explainer: Why did it take so long to find the Chandrayaan 2 lander? * Chandrayaan 2, the orbiter to remember * India aims for the Moon again with launch of Chandrayaan

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Poem: Don’t screw up the Moon

Let’s explore explore our Moon and its archival boon of Earth’s midnight and afternoon Let’s return return to the gray blemishes for its scientific promises and its technological wishes Let’s also preserve preserve Luna’s natural dents its phases and cultural crescents and the serene sights

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With Artemis II done, challenges confront NASA to send astronauts on Artemis III and IV | Moon Monday #272

Key developments to watch out for this year as both China and the US aim to land humans on the Moon by the end of this decade.

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Articles on Chandrayaan 2, the orbiter to remember

* ISRO’s Chandrayaan 2 orbiter has been creating the highest resolution map of the Moon * Lunar science results from Chandrayaan 2 * The sharpest lunar imager * How the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter is a Sun watcher at the Moon * The search for lunar water deepens * International collaboration and outlook: * ISRO has been

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Articles on Chandrayaan 1, India’s first Moon mission

* Looking back at Chandrayaan 1 and forward to Artemis * How NASA and India discovered water on our Moon * Interviewing Chandrayaan 1’s Mission Director * How Chandrayaan 1 viewed a solar eclipse from the Moon * Tangent: Kids in South Korea and a Moon mission Like my efforts to provide free resources

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Did NASA’s Artemis II mission really do lunar science or go to the Moon for all humanity?

An unfortunate breakdown of too many giant leaps of imagination. | Moon Monday #271

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Poem: Back to the Moon..

For me not thee, but still for humanity..

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Poem: Selene, smashed not shattered

Tucked in a tiny timed capsule against its wonky, worldly windows mesmerized the momentary Moonfarers at sweeping sights of Selene Creased by craters and crowning peaks melts and mountains molded in weeks amid barrages of ballistically laid beads lingered the landscape of Luna What the world could view is impact

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Artemis II astronauts gazed at our Moon with joy, curiosity, and reverence. Through finer robotic orbital views, so can you.

Thanks to our robotic explorers, and the great leveler that is the Internet, you too can “Copy, Moon joy.” | Moon Monday #270

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Why haven’t humans gone back to the Moon no longer a valid question thanks to NASA Artemis II lunar flyby

Plus: A poetic ode to our exploration of Luna | Moon Monday #269