Moon Monday

Covering global lunar exploration, science, commercial, technology, policy, and more updates every Monday.

ispace Japan’s Hakuto-R lunar lander successfully entered orbit around our Moon on March 21, making it the second such private company following…
The U.S. Presidential FY 2024 budget request seeks $27.2 billion in funding for NASA from the U.S. Congress, a 7% increase over the $25.4 billion…
NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy are co-developing LuSEE-Night, a first of its kind instrument which will measure faint but unique radio signals…
ispace Japan’s first Moon lander is approaching our Moon for an orbital capture attempt in late March while JAXA recruited two new astronaut candidates…
Scientists urge NASA to plan a replacement for the 2009-launched Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to support the increasingly important, upcoming…
ISRO’s Chandrayaan 3 lander successfully passed electromagnetic interference testing, which checked in a Faraday cage chamber if the lander’s electrical…
Updates on some key ongoing and upcoming lunar missions, and ESA’s push for more commercial Moon landers.
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