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Moon Monday #147: The world keeps Luna in sight as Chandrayaan 3 observes Earth from lunar orbit
And China will indeed launch the Chang’e 6 farside sample return spacecraft and its supporting orbiter next year.
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The New York Times continues to misrepresent Indian space (extended version)
Some glaring things in the NYT’s reporting on Indian space startups, Chandrayaan 3, and ISRO at large.
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Moon Monday #146: Lunar lander updates from NASA & LEAG, a rover from Lunar Outpost, geology training for astronauts, and more
Some notable updates from the annual meeting of the NASA-backed Lunar Exploration Analysis Group. The CLPS program to send payloads to the Moon aboard…
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Moon Monday #145: From Starship to Firefly and Earth’s magnetotail to Germany, lunar exploration progress deepened last week
SpaceX performed Raptor engine firing tests to demonstrate that its Lunar Starship engines can ignite after long, cold coasting phases around the Moon…
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How Chandrayaan 3 made its historic touchdown on our Moon
I spoke to several lunar lander engineers to lay out how Chandrayaan 3 autonomously orchestrated the firing of its engines to safely touch down on the…
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Moon Monday #144: On the most precise planetary landing attempt by SLIM, sprawling SLS rocket costs, and more
To truly appreciate the tight landing ellipse of 100 by 100 meters that SLIM will target a touchdown within, I compare it to Chang’e, Chandrayaan, and…
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Indian Space Progress #8: Aditya-L1 soars for the Sun as Chandrayaan 3 stands tall on the Moon
The launch of Aditya-L1 infuses hope of being one more foundational Indian space science mission while Chandrayaan 3 makes it to the Moon and carries…
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Moon Monday #143: The Chandrayaan 3 hop, the crash site of Luna 25, a SLIM eager for blastoff, and more mission updates
ISRO has put the Chandrayaan 3 Moon lander and rover in sleep mode, with the nominal mission of one lunar day closing with success.
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