Moon Monday
Moon Monday #248: The one that starts with a meme
China preps complex Chang’e 7 mission to study lunar water while US Artemis III rejigs.
US Artemis
By Jatan Mehta | Coverage, with context, of NASA’s Artemis and CLPS programs to return humans and robots to the Moon after Apollo. This time to (hopefully) stay.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #245: Blue origin to hunt for a lunar oasis
Plus mission updates.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #244: Towards lunar construction
Before we begin, a clarifying note about the title of the previous Moon Monday: An Amazon delivery for NASA’s VIPER rover? Well, I’ve received many emails saying how Amazon has a distinct space entity from Blue Origin. It’s fair to point that out but I do know
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #243: An Amazon delivery for NASA’s VIPER rover?
Plus Chandrayaan 3 research updates and more.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #242: Artemis II advances, and so does Long March 10 🔥
Plus mission updates.
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
No, Starship’s latest success doesn’t favor the US over China in landing humans on Luna | Moon Monday #240
Plus mission updates.
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 #236: A third orbiter-lander-rover trio to fire-and-fly
I’m thrilled to welcome Astrolab as a continuing yearly sponsor of my Moon Monday blog+newsletter! California-based Venturi Astrolab Inc. (Astrolab) is developing the large multi-purpose rovers of FLEX and FLIP for advanced exploration of our Moon this decade and next. Through FLEX, Astrolab leads one of the three
Articles
Everything you need to know about NASA CLPS Moon landing missions
A look at the armada of robotic landers NASA is riding to the Moon this decade.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday #235: Artemis and other mission updates
Read to the end for a jolly Jovian update!