Indian Space Progress
Indian Space Progress #8: Aditya-L1 soars for the Sun as Chandrayaan 3 stands tall on the Moon
And more space updates from the country.
Chandrayaan
By Jatan Mehta | Coverage, with context, of India’s Chandrayaan program to explore the Moon.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #143: The Chandrayaan 3 hop, the crash site of Luna 25, a SLIM eager for blastoff, and more mission updates
Today, September 4, ISRO set the Chandrayaan 3 Moon lander Vikram in sleep mode around 3:30 UTC. This was shortly after sending commands to turn off its three active instruments: the thermal probe, the seismometer, and the plasma experiment. Likewise, a fully charged Pragyan rover, which has traversed 100
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #142: Chandrayaan 3 specifics, Artemis III science update, and more
So Nature quoted and linked to my Moon Monday newsletter in an Editorial on the success of ISRO’s Chandrayaan 3 Moon landing! :') An overview and specifics of Chandrayaan 3’s historic touchdown on our Moon On August 23 at 12:33 UTC, ISRO’s Chandrayaan 3 robotic lander
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Moon Monday #140: The Luna 25 lander and its non-race against Chandrayaan 3, and Artemis & CLPS mission updates
At long last, Luna 25 launches for the Moon On August 11, a Russian Soyuz 2.1b rocket successfully launched the 1750-kilogram Luna 25 Moon lander, almost 47 years after the former Soviet Union returned lunar samples with Luna 24. The 3.2-meter tall Luna-25 spacecraft separated from Soyuz’s
Indian Space
Will Chandrayaan 3 hop after landing?
Sep 4, 2023 edit: It hopped! India’s Chandrayaan 3 lander is on its way to the Moon as we speak, aiming for a graceful touchdown near the lunar south pole on August 23. In a pre-launch interview, popular Indian YouTuber Gareeb Scientist asked an interesting question to ISRO Chief
Chandrayaan
India aims for the Moon with launch of Chandrayaan 3
The ambitious mission comes as India signs the US-led Artemis Accords to shape future global lunar activities.
Indian Space Progress
Indian Space Progress #6: Chandrayaan 3 launches for the Moon as India signs the Artemis Accords and expands the scope of Gaganyaan
On July 14, Friday at 14:35 IST (09:05 UTC), ISRO launched the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft for its second Moon landing attempt. Chandrayaan 3’s Project Director P. Veeramuthuvel said in a post-launch briefing that the GSLV Mk III rocket injected the spacecraft close to the ideal intended orbit
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #133: India signs the Artemis Accords; NASA prepares for future crewed lunar exploration; Chandrayaan 3 update, and more
From Chandrayaan 1 to the Artemis Accords, India and US aim for the Moon As part of an unprecedented set of broad-sweeping agreements between the US and India centered around collaborative science & technology advancements, India signed the Artemis Accords on June 21. India is the 27th country—but more
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Moon Monday #132: India and the Artemis Accords, mission updates, and more
Thank you so much everyone for your kind notes on Moon Monday crossing 5,000 readers :). Considering the upcoming wave of exciting Moon missions from around the globe, I’m gathering feedback on how I can continue uniquely serving lunar and space communities with this one-of-a-kind newsletter. I request you
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Moon Monday #116: Two dates with our Moon, replacing the venerable LRO, and more
US scientists urge NASA to plan LRO successor A specialized team of US scientists called CLOC-SAT, part of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG), has released a report urging NASA to plan a replacement for the 2009-launched Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) in order to support the increasingly important, upcoming NASA(
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Moon Monday #111: An Indo-Japanese rover, China’s 4th lunar leap, Artemis collaborations, and more
Dear readers, I have 3 exciting things to share with you today: 1. Moon Monday crossed 4,000 subscribers last week, with the majority gratifyingly continuing to be planetary scientists and engineers, personnel at national space agencies, executives at space companies, and fellow writers & journalists from around the world!
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Kids in South Korea and a Moon mission
South Korea is about to have its Chandrayaan 1 moment.