Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #6
Chang’e 5 brings home Moon samples, Canada to provide key Gateway element, understanding lunar dust, a 3D Moon rock viewer, and more developments in the lunar space.
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Articles
Chang’e 5 landing site: Near the volcanic complex of Rümker
China has returned Moon samples from a sweet scientific spot for their first sample return mission.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #5
Chang’e 5 bringing home Moon samples, NASA Artemis plans take shape, more developments in the lunar space, and a curated Moon page.
Talks
Talk: My journey as a space writer until 2020
Here’s is my journey of becoming a professional science writer, from my talk to physics graduate students at the University of Mumbai. Article version: jatan.space/my-science-writing-journey If you like my work and my lifelong mission of communicating space exploration to people, consider supporting me. Support me ♡
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #4
Chang’e 5 collects Moon samples, testing of SLS’ rocket engines, a new NASA mission to map lunar water, and more developments in the lunar space.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #3
Chang’e 5 enters lunar orbit, SLS assembly begins, planning the future of astronomy from the Moon, and more developments in the lunar space.
Poems
Poem: Triple sunset
Here lies the bathing light of the red dragon, deepening horizons on a world so foreign Yet much like a heaven that is our Earth, there could be water on its surface unhurt Could there be life too on this land of the triple-star, would they also figure out who
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #2
Chang’e 5 to return Moon samples, SLS progressing, ESA plans lunar habitats, new science maps, and more developments in the lunar space.
Articles
India’s Shukrayaan orbiter to study Venus for over four years, launches in 2024
Shukrayaan will be the first mission to map Venus’ subsurface.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #1
The Moon may have formed in a hurry, NASA plans more robotic lunar missions, and other happenings in the lunar space.
Links
Some Neptune tidbits
Here are some more interesting bits I came across when I wrote an article on Neptune. * The European Space Agency is investigating two ways to explore the ice giants. One is a Uranus orbiter, which will be solar-powered, and not nuclear—a bold move. And the other is contributing to
Talks
Presentation: Why aren’t we living on the Moon already?
This is a tightened version of the talk I gave for Chai and Why, a series of popular science talks organized by Arnab Bhattacharya, a scientist and a science communicator based out of India. Talk Description: It’s been 50 years since humans landed on the Moon, so why haven’