Moon Monday
What is pending for SpaceX Starship to be a Moonship for NASA astronauts? Nearly everything.
Moon Monday #276: NASA’s road to putting humans on the Moon through SpaceX Starship continues to face a receding sea of milestones to achieve.
Articles
By Jatan Mehta | Dives into lunar exploration, space technology, Indian space, planetary science, and more.
Moon Monday
Science results from India’s Chandrayaan 3 Moon mission | Moon Monday #275
The near-polar lunar surface and environment had never been measured in-situ before Chandrayaan 3 arrived. Now our understanding of it has been grounded in measurements just as we prepare to send a wave of Moon missions.
Moon Monday
India’s Chandrayaan 4 lunar sampling mission cross-pollinates science, rockets, governance, and human spaceflight
Part 4 of India’s space launch crisis: Why India needs to launch Chandrayaan 4 in time to ensure maximum national and international benefits | Moon Monday #273 and Indian Space Progress #38
Moon Monday
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.
Moon Monday
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
Moon Monday
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
Indian Space
India’s rockets will not meet its civil space and strategic launch manifest even at peak performance
Part 3 of India’s space launch crisis | Indian Space Progress #37
Moon Monday
Ignition, not yet liftoff, of NASA’s ambitious Artemis Moonbase plan | Moon Monday #268
Plus: NASA in final prep to launch Artemis II astronauts around Luna.
Moon Monday
China surfaces details of spacecraft to land humans on Luna by 2030 | Moon Monday #267
From landing system development to trajectory design and landing site selection to abort scenarios.
Moon Monday
NASA falters in communications yet again with Lunar Trailblazer failure | Moon Monday #265
Plus: Parallel developments show how open access NASA is when the agency is at its best.
Moon Monday
Everything you should know and track about NASA’s Apollo-style Artemis rejig in its chase of China to the Moon
NASA is also borrowing the “manned” from Apollo while at it. | Moon Monday #264
Indian Space
When ISRO loses a PSLV rocket, India loses a launchpad in the present and the future
To understand the pride and perils of the PSLV is to understand India’s launch infrastructure and its risky commonalities | Indian Space Progress #35-36
