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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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Jatan Mehta
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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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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Jatan Mehta
August 2023
Moon Monday #142: Chandrayaan 3 specifics, Artemis III science update, and more
An overview and musings on Chandrayaan 3’s historic touchdown on our Moon.
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Moon Monday #141: Luna 25 crashes as Chandrayaan 3 braces for a touchdown and three more missions head to the launchpad
Luna 25’s unfortunate loss has multiple implications for Russia’s lunar and planetary endeavors.
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Moon Monday #140: The Luna 25 lander and its non-race against Chandrayaan 3, and Artemis & CLPS mission updates
On August 11, a Soyuz rocket successfully launched Russia’s Luna 25 Moon lander, almost 47 years after the former Soviet Union returned lunar samples…
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Moon Monday #139: Updates on lunarbound Chandrayaan 3, Luna 25, KPLO, Artemis, Chang’e craft, and more!
Last week saw so many lunar developments from around the world that I got a bit too excited to write this Moon Monday edition!
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Jatan Mehta
July 2023
Moon Monday #138: Towards technologies for long-term lunar exploration and living
NASA is funding eight advanced lunar exploration technologies each of which contribute towards sustained exploration of our Moon as well as long-term…
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Moon Monday #137: Mission updates on Chandrayaan 3, Artemis, China’s crewed lunar landing, and more
The Earthbound Chandrayaan 3 continues engine burns prior to a push for the Moon. Plus Artemis updates and an overview of China’s first crewed lunar…
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Moon Monday #136: Chandrayaan 3 on its way to Luna as Russia and Japan prep their Moonshot, plus NASA mission updates
ISRO launched the improved Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft on July 14 for a second Moon landing attempt, and to have India become only the fourth country in…
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Moon Monday #135: India set to launch Chandrayaan 3, an overview of Chang’e 5 science, and more
ISRO will launch Chandrayaan 3 on July 14 to attempt a soft landing on the Moon. A graceful touchdown would make India only the fourth country to…
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Moon Monday #134: A whole bunch of lunar exploration updates from around the world!
And my talk at the European Lunar Symposium, where I explained how there’s no alternative to public buy-in, funding, and outreach to sustain lunar…
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