By Jatan Mehta | The world’s only newsletter dedicated to covering and contextualizing global lunar exploration updates, including plans to return humans to our Moon this decade.
Moon Monday
Highlight This section is superseded by Moon Monday #98: ESA’s Moonlight plans forge forward In May 2021, ESA funded two consortia of companies to design and analyze feasibility of a “lunar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
Moon Monday
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.
Moon Monday
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.
Moon Monday
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.
Moon Monday
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.
Moon Monday
Concerning reports on NASA's Artemis plans; Russian Luna-25 Moon mission launch in July; studying the largest lunar lava channel; progress on Intuitive Machines' 1st Moon landing, and more updates.
Moon Monday
NASA rigorously tests wheel design of its ambitious lunar rover; Amazon's Alexa to be on 1st Artemis Moon mission; more Chang'e 5 science results and mission details, and more lunar updates.
Moon Monday
China approves three more Moon missions; NASA adds eight scientists on key rover mission to study lunar water and other resources; the UN announces International Moon Day, and more lunar updates.
Moon Monday
India's Chandrayaan 3 Moon landing on track for Q3 2022 launch; Mexico joins U.S. Artemis Accords to cooperate in lunar exploration; China's rover finds ancient soil layer underground, & more updates.
Moon Monday
ESA training future astronauts in a Moon-like lava tube; NASA SLS rocket to get booster upgrade next decade; a microcrystal for lunar solar power; how to process Chang'e data, and more lunar updates.
Moon Monday
Japan to recruit new astronauts for Gateway lunar station; Intuitive Machines to attempt a Moon landing selfie; carbon dioxide cold traps on the Moon confirmed, and more lunar updates.
Moon Monday
NASA to send commercial Moon lander to an enigmatic swirl, U.S. watchdog says Artemis is currently unsustainable, Northrop Grumman to bid rugged rover for future astronauts, and more lunar updates.
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