Moon Monday
Moon Monday #220: Lunar science galore from the Chandrayaans
Plus mission updates and some tangents.
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Indian Space
Newly approved Chandrayaan 5 LUPEX mission will drill for water on the Moon and aid Artemis | Indian Space Progress #25-26
Plus: A host of new lunar science results from Chandrayaan 2 and 3. Enjoy this 3200-word Chandrayaan-special. š
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #219: Results from Indiaās Chandrayaan 3 experiment to benefit future missions eyeing lunar water
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Moon Monday
Fun with Moon exploration headlines
Iāve been having so much fun with headlines on my Moon Monday blog+newsletter lately: * Not the fault in our stars but certainly stressful faults on our Moon * Little LUNA on Earth * A bao-burrito-bhel of global lunar updates * Suit up to walk under Moonlight * Letās be high on
US Artemis
Moon Monday #218: A molten Moon, a date for the SPA, sunset for Blue Ghost as well as inclusive Artemis language, and more
Thereās a lot in this Moon Monday edition to unpack. Grab yourself a coffee or another mild drug of choice and letās get started. š¤ Changāe 6 samples produce two more big results Until now, all the direct evidence of our Moon being covered in a global magma
US Artemis
Moon Monday #217: Red A-CLPS š„š
Also drills, flying regolith, a hard landing, Moonlight, and many more mission updates to quench the lunatic in you.
If nasaspaceflight.com and its forum are blocked for you too, hereās how to access them
Sometime last year, nasaspaceflight.com (NSF) stopped loading for me. I could not access any page on its website, all of which said āSorry, you have been blockedā no matter which browser I tried. Since then Iāve been accessing the NSF site in alternate ways because of their valuable
US Artemis
Moon Monday #216: Firefly Blue Ghost brings precision landing and lunar sci-tech bounties
Plus: Contextualizing the failure of Intuitive Machinesā second Moon mission and that of Lunar Trailblazer as grave losses for NASA.
US Artemis
Moon Monday #215: Firefly performs first actual soft lunar landing for the US in the 21st century, bags key firsts
Plus: Intuitive Machines and Lunar Trailblazer launch for Luna while KASA plans the same. And, maybe nobody should ādominateā space.
Joining Open Lunarās orbit as their Science Communications Lead
Iām thrilled to share that over and above my flagship Moon Monday blog+newsletter, Iāve joined the Open Lunar Foundation as their āScience Communications Leadā. In that role, Iāll help communicate Open Lunarās research work on technical and policy building blocks towards cooperative and sustainable lunar
US Artemis
Moon Monday #214: Blue Ghost preps for lunar landing, gets its fix in lunar orbit
Plus: Intuitive Machines set to launch second Moon lander, Australia continues lunar tech investments, and more.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #213: Mission updates from the US, Japan, China, and this Indian
CLPS and Artemis updates * On February 13, Firefly Aerospaceās Blue Ghost Moon lander part of NASAās CLPS program successfully fired its engines for 4 minutes and 15 seconds to enter an elliptical orbit around Luna. Over the rest of February, Blue Ghost will fire its engines multiple times