Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #36
NASA readies Orion for flight around the Moon, ispace begins making its lunar lander, China distributes Chang'e 5 samples, Astrobotic advances its autonomous rover, and more lunar developments.
Moon Monday
By Jatan Mehta | The world’s only newsletter dedicated to covering and contextualizing global lunar exploration updates, including plans to return humans this decade.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #35
NASA's mega Moon rocket stands tall, Northrop Grumman to build key module of 1st lunar space station, SpaceIL raises $70M for Beresheet 2, the boldest robotic Moon endeavor, and more lunar updates.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #34
NASA envisions commercializing sending people to the Moon, Goonhilly to provide communications for Intuitive Machines' Moon missions, China's Yutu-2 rover finds buried crater on the farside, and more.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #33
France to provide cameras for UAE's Rashid rover, Intuitive Machines to deploy a communications satellite in lunar orbit, ESA instrument to extract water from Moon rocks, and more lunar developments.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #32
China and Russia reveal Moonbase plans, NASA's SLS stacking up for launch, Japan passes space resources bill, Masten teases a Moon water miner, better seeing permanently shadowed regions, and more.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #31
NASA missions to the Moon's farside and an enigmatic swirl, France expresses interest in Chinese-Russian lunar science base, 4.2 billion years old Apollo samples, Yutu-2 radar results, and more.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #30
New Zealand signs Artemis Accords, NASA begins stacking SLS for its 1st launch, Canada outs bid requests for its Moon rover, favorable water-rich sites on the lunar poles, and more lunar developments.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #29
ispace's 2022 Moon landing mission to carry international payloads, South Korea joins NASA Artemis, Canada to send a lunar rover by 2025, Theia's remains on Earth, and more lunar developments.
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Moon Monday Issue #28
ESA progresses on its lunar communication network, Firefly selects SpaceX to launch its Moon landing mission, Orion's successful splash test, what's in the Moon's mantle, and more lunar developments.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #27
NASA might need to add another Human Landing System provider, Russia shapes plans to land cosmonauts on the Moon, farside missions for big science, see the Moon in 3D, and more lunar developments.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #26
SpaceX safely lands Starship prototype, VIPER undergoes slope testing, a new Moon dust cleaner, radio astronomy from the farside, a lunar museum, and more developments in the lunar space.
Moon Monday
Moon Monday Issue #25
Drama around NASA selecting SpaceX Starship for historic mission, UAE builds Moon rover prototype, 3D shapes of Apollo 11 lunar dust, initial radar results from ISRO's Chandrayaan 2 orbiter, and more.