Moon Monday
Achievements and shortfalls in global lunar exploration in 2025
Moon Monday #255: Capturing the state of the world’s lunar exploration efforts this year.
ISRO Chandrayaan
By Jatan Mehta | Coverage, with context, of India’s Chandrayaan program to explore our Moon.
Indian Space
ISRO and India had a mixed year in space in 2025
Indian Space Progress #34: An honest review of the country’s space activities this year
Indian Space
A space program can only move as swiftly as its rockets. It’s India’s time to act on that.
Indian Space Progress #33: A review of the state of ISRO’s orbital launch vehicles reveals a bleak picture of ambitious goals sliding to the right—in stark contrast to the incessant chest thumping about efficiency.
Articles
A giant leap in orbital imagery is what we need to realize advanced Moon missions
At over 1.6 petabytes, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission hosts by far the largest dataset from any planetary science spacecraft ever launched. LRO’s high-resolution lunar imagery and topographic data has been the bedrock for selecting landing sites of most Moon missions launched this century from around
Moon Monday
Shining light on solar activity and the Moon’s exosphere—a Diwali gift from Chandrayaan 2
Moon Monday #247 and Indian Space Progress #32
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #243: An Amazon delivery for NASA’s VIPER rover?
Plus Chandrayaan 3 research updates and more.
Articles
We’re building future technologies for the Moon without closing missed milestones
A review of upcoming and past lunar missions of this decade shows a wide gap between notions of technological progress versus achieved reality.
Moon Monday
Chandrayaan 4 will bring unique Moon materials—and maybe a giant scientific leap for India
Moon Monday #241 and Indian Space Progress #31
US Artemis
Moon Monday #231: Achievements and shortfalls in Moon exploration this half year
A review of notable developments by country or region.
Articles
A pressing PSLV rocket failure and orbital congestion to brood over | Indian Space Progress #28
Plus more mission updates.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #224: A curious find from Chandrayaan 3, Artemis updates, and more
Two announcements before we begin: 1. I’m honored to be moderating a fantastic panel on modern themes in global lunar exploration at the international Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX) on Friday, May 9. If you’re attending GLEX in New Delhi, join us for the session. And, if you’
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #220: Lunar science galore from the Chandrayaans
Plus mission updates and some tangents.