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Articles on Japan’s Moon missions

Jatan Mehta

05 Jan 2026 — 1 min read

Flight model of the SLIM Moon lander at the Spacecraft and Fairing Assembly Building at Japan’s Tanegashima launch complex. Image: JAXA

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Moon Monday #257: NASA preps to send astronauts to Luna

Plus mission updates.

Coverage of India’s exploration of Mars

* Reviewing Mangalyaan, India’s first Mars mission * India’s Mars orbiter completes six years at the red planet, but where is the science? * Debate: Mangalyaan’s low science output still reflects on ISRO * Mangalyaan spacecraft terminated—it was never a science mission * My article on Mangalyaan was rejected 8 times

All the rovers heading to the Moon over the next 10 years | Moon Monday #256

As lunar exploration ramps up worldwide, our celestial companion is slated to be explored by increasingly advanced rovers of all sorts over the next 10 years. Not all of them will be successful, and so the reason for this post is not just to garner excitement about the possibilities of

Poem: The dawn of your light

Like the dawn of the blaze of a lander over the grays touches your light and spans the open lunar sky A descent energetic yet graceful methodical and careful Spawned from the blue marble verse you bring the best in us. Poem notes: I’ve had the privilege and pleasure

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