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Kids in South Korea and a Moon mission
South Korea is about to have its Chandrayaan 1 moment.
Indian Space
Tracking and contextualizing India’s increasingly relevant capabilities in civil space exploration.
Indian Space
Talk: From Chandrayaan to Artemis, highlighting collaboration in our return to the Moon
I was invited by the Moon Village Association India to give a talk on the 2022 International Moon Day. Topics discussed in From Chandrayaan to Artemis: (In addition to the video timestamps below, find links to several articles for more information) * 2:37 - Chandrayaan 1 * 7:55 - Renewed
ISRO Chandrayaan
Moon Monday #100: Chandrayaan 3 and OneWeb, Orion’s true cost, and more lunar updates
I’ve never been more proud and happy to publish a post on the Internet, for this is the 100th edition of Moon Monday. When I started the newsletter nearly 2 years ago, it didn’t seem there would be enough happening in lunar exploration to reflect on every week
Indian Space
Reviewing Mangalyaan, India’s first Mars mission
Despite falling short on scientific promises, the orbiter boosted India’s fledgling planetary program.
Indian Space
Again, Mangalyaan was never a science mission
When India’s Mangalyaan spacecraft successfully entered Mars orbit on September 23, 2014, it made ISRO only the fourth organization in the world to achieve the feat, after the United States, the Soviet Union, and ESA. The fact that Mangalyaan was India’s first interplanetary mission, and cost just $70
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My articles on Indian space
Here are all notable articles and blog posts I’ve published on India’s largely successful—but also very opaque—space program, including all of its planetary missions. I keep updating any evergreen posts within this list, and will maintain the list itself for the convenience of readers, so make
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Space science missions ISRO will launch in the near future
India’s nascent space science endeavors to get a much needed boost.
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Looking back at Chandrayaan 1 and forward to Artemis
India’s first Moon mission discovered lunar water, and catalyzed plans by nations worldwide to further explore our cosmic neighbor.
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India’s Chandrayaan 2 lunar orbiter is also a Sun watcher
India’s Chandrayaan 2 orbiter doesn’t just study the Moon’s surface but also observes the Sun. Its high-resolution Solar X-ray Monitor (XSM) is used to study solar flares and provide a reference for the Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS) instrument, which maps elements on the Moon’
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #44
ISRO releases new Chandrayaan 2 orbiter documents, hardware for NASA's first crewed Artemis Moon landing takes shape, exploring the geologically rich Aristarchus region, and more lunar developments.
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How NASA and India discovered water on our Moon
The story of finding water on the Moon spans at least two decades and multiple space agencies, culminating in renewed lunar exploration plans across the world.
ISRO Chandrayaan
On ISRO’s Chandrayaan 2 orbiter data release
The initial dataset is underwhelming and there is no sign of when ISRO will release the next set.
