Moon Monday
Moon Monday #242: Artemis II advances, and so does Long March 10 🔥
Plus mission updates.
China and Luna
By Jatan Mehta | Coverage, with context, of China’s audacious robotic and crewed program to explore our Moon.
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
Moon Monday #238: The long march to Luna continues
Plus Artemis updates.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #237: China completes large lander test in latest milestone to put humans on the Moon
Reviewing all recent advances from China as it prepares to perform crewed Moon missions. Plus more mission updates.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #233: Visualizing a new Moon based on scientific discoveries by China’s Chang’e 6 mission
Highlighting all major findings with a visual that lets you picture the scientific value the Chinese have added to humanity’s exploration of our Moon.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #231: Achievements and shortfalls in Moon exploration this half year
A review of notable developments by country or region.
US Artemis
Moon Monday #230: China leaps again in its steady march to Luna while NASA’s progress on Artemis remains a mixed bag
A look at recent Chinese milestones in the build up to crewed lunar missions, another blow(up) for Artemis, how Firefly’s Ocula can fill critical gaps for NASA, and more.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #229: China extends lead in lunar orbital infrastructure, gets an edge in future crewed missions over the US
Plus: Examples of how Western media narratives of Chinese lunar activities misjudge capabilities and intent
US Artemis
Moon Monday #225: Lots of global lunar mission updates 🌙
Key news of the month: China has achieved daytime Earth-Moon distance measurement wherein a 1.2-meter telescope reflected an infrared laser off of a small retroreflector on the 61-kilogram Tiandu 1 lunar orbiter. This was the first ever daytime laser distance measurement using an orbiter, accomplished despite massive interference from
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #223: International researchers to study Chang’e lunar samples, including US ones but without NASA funding
And more such interesting Moon exploration updates from China’s National Space Day on April 24.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #222: How China navigated failure to nail down lunar navigation success
Plus: Exploration and science updates from the US, South Korea, and Europe.
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
There’s a lot in this Moon Monday edition to unpack. Grab yourself a coffee or another mild drug of choice and let’s get started. 🤓 Chang’e 6 samples produce two more big results Until now, all the direct evidence of our Moon being covered in a global magma