By Jatan Mehta | The world’s only newsletter dedicated to covering and contextualizing global lunar exploration updates, including plans to return humans this decade.
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NASA’s Moon rocket just won’t move fast enough The NASA SLS rocket’s already delayed wet dress rehearsal test before its much awaited launch for the Artemis I mission later this year is just not getting done. Originally scheduled for April 1-3, it was first delayed by a
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NASA’s latest budget request finally acknowledges overlooked parts of Artemis The U.S. Presidential FY 2023 budget request for NASA released on March 28 proposes nearly $26 billion in funding for the space agency, an 8% increase over the amount approved by the U.S. Congress for FY 2022.
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NASA’s new plan to keep sending humans to the Moon On March 23, NASA announced a change in strategy for one of the most important pieces of sustaining human presence on the Moon—ferrying Artemis astronauts to and fro the lunar surface after the first crewed landing on a
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Several readers told me they like Moon Monday’s new focus on providing more context on major developments rather than being too brief in order to cover all developments. I’m doubling down on the same with this issue by debuting a new format while also making sure to not
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NASA shared new details on science planning for its first crewed Artemis Moon landing and yet apart from a few tweets I didn’t notice anyone covering it! So this week’s Highlight section is the coverage itself instead of a summary. Highlight & Science At the Artemis Town Hall
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I repeat: To minimize damage in the Ukraine crisis, identify something specific you can do to constructively contribute instead of hollow posting on social platforms. One option is to donate specifically to help people displaced from their homes. Highlight At a March 1 hearing, members of the U.S. Congress
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If you’re reading this, take a moment to acknowledge the freedom that you have, and the privilege to indulge in the finer aspects of a topic not yet core to living itself. Just as I (must) acknowledge the sheer affordance of publishing this issue of Moon Monday, even if
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Highlight This section is superseded by Moon Monday #98: ESA’s Moonlight plans forge forward In May 2021, ESA funded two consortia of companies to design and analyze feasibility of a “lunar communications and navigation service” by end of 2022 as part of the agency’s Moonlight initiative. Such a
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Where the Moon's water (mostly) doesn't come from; details on Japanese-Indian LUPEX rover mission; Mexico's rovers to be onboard Astrobotic's lunar lander this year, and more lunar updates.
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Contrast in Apollo and Artemis science; NASA Artemis I Moon mission delayed; Chandrayaan 3 lunar lander launches in August; Masten's lunar night survival technology, and more updates.
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Russia's Luna-25 Moon landing mission targeting July launch; Israel signs the Artemis Accords; the armada of radiation measuring instruments to be on the Gateway lunar station, and more lunar updates.
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NASA Artemis IV to advance lunar station assembly instead of continuing human Moon landings; a 'slushy magma' model for how our Moon formed; Chandrayaan 3 launches this year, and more lunar updates.
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