By Jatan Mehta | Coverage, with context, of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Services Program to send the agency’s science & technology payloads to the Moon on privately owned landers.
Indian Space
Last week I wrote how the annual report of NSIL, an Indian government arm tasked with commercializing ISRO’s space technologies, notes that ISRO provided commercial ground tracking support for a lunar mission by another country in 2023. For some reason, the NSIL report doesn’t specify the mission name.
Moon Monday
Read to the end to know how I avoid (Artemis) hot takes on Moon Monday.
Moon Monday
Updates on CLPS, ispace, Artemis, Chandrayaan 4, and more. Read to the end for a fact check on an op-ed.
Guides
With a fleet of NASA-supported robotic Moon landers part of the agency’s CLPS program launching throughout this decade, I’ve compiled an exhaustive rundown for you to be up to speed on these novel missions: All about CLPS Moon landing missions 🌗 I update this page every month or two.
Articles
A look at the armada of robotic landers NASA is riding to the Moon this decade.
Moon Monday
Before we begin, a note that my thoughts are with everyone affected by the fires in southern California as well as by last week’s 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Xizang, China. The Moon lander duo from ispace Japan and US-based Firefly Aerospace are being targeted for launch by SpaceX on
Moon Monday
And three little things to share.
Moon Monday
Plus, my experience at the Galaxy Forum in Wenchang, China to that end.
Moon Monday
Read to the end to see a reader gift made of processed lunar regolith.
Moon Monday
Dating farside volcanic samples, awaiting the next wave of landers, and disliking opaque orbital operations.
Moon Monday
Let’s study Moonquakes to not let them shake a Moonbase.
Moon Monday
First look at the Artemis Moonwalking suit Following China’s unveiling of its lunar spacesuit last month, Axiom Space has revealed the latest design of its AxEMU suit that astronauts will wear on NASA’s crewed Artemis III lunar surface mission later this decade. The first-time unveiling of the suit
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