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How NASA and India discovered water on our Moon
The story of finding water on the Moon spans at least two decades and multiple space agencies, culminating in renewed lunar exploration plans across the…
Jatan Mehta
Jul 16, 2021
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A brief history of space missions lost to human errors
When a seemingly benign left-out hyphen in the code can demolish your rocket, a planetary spacecraft, and millions of dollars.
Jatan Mehta
Oct 22, 2021
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The time NASA figured out that our Moon is cratered all the way down
And a parallel to what we’re building now as we return to the Moon.
Jatan Mehta
Oct 21, 2022
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Rocket equation 101: The Moon as a launch platform
Earth alone cannot power our future in space, and other realizations from the rocket equation.
Jatan Mehta
Jun 11, 2021
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The bevy of rovers heading for the Moon
A look at all the big and small mobile robots that will explore the lunar surface over the next five years.
Jatan Mehta
Nov 3, 2022
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Why explore our Moon
And how we’re going back like never before.
Jatan Mehta
Dec 17, 2022
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Past mistakes to avoid in our grand return to the Moon this decade
As we mount a series of increasingly complex Moon missions, let’s look at some past lunar mission mistakes we could learn from, from Apollo to recent…
Jatan Mehta
Nov 11, 2022
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Again, Mangalyaan was never a science mission
Forcibly calling what was a great tech demonstrator also a great scientific success is not just wrong but dangerous. It instills in a large population a…
Jatan Mehta
Oct 7, 2022
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What we know about India’s Chandrayaan 3 Moon landing mission
To increase the chances of sticking the landing this time around, ISRO has made several upgrades to the Chandrayaan-2-like lander such as software…
Jatan Mehta
Feb 5
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How the Apollo missions transformed our understanding of the Moon’s origin
And how going back to the Moon will tell us how Earth and Luna formed.
Jatan Mehta
Sep 30, 2022
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Reviewing Mangalyaan, India’s first Mars mission
Despite falling short on scientific promises, the orbiter boosted India’s fledgling planetary program.
Jatan Mehta
Oct 7, 2022
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ispace Japan’s lander launches for the Moon, carrying UAE’s rover and hopes for its future lunar ambitions
If ispace successfully lands Hakuto-R on the Moon, it will be the first private entity as well as the fourth organization in the world to achieve the…
Jatan Mehta
Dec 11, 2022
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