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Moon Monday #129: ispace lander’s crash site and cause, mission updates, and more
ispace Japan’s first Moon lander crashed less than 7 kilometers from its target site.
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Moon Monday #128: Welcoming the Blue Moon, a Chandrayaan launch, lune hops, and more
NASA selects Blue Moon to compete with SpaceX Lunar Starship for crewed Artemis lunar landings.
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Moon Monday #127: Mission updates, lovely lunar science, hoppers, engine tests, and more
And, I’m excited to share that I’ll be giving a virtual talk on “Sustaining lunar exploration through worldwide public support” at the European Lunar…
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Moon Monday #126: China’s next two lunar missions, India’s ambition to mine Luna, and more
China is on track to launch the Queqiao 2 relay lunar orbiter and Chang’e 6 sample return mission next year.
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Moon Monday #125: ispace Japan’s Moonshot, China’s partnership push, Artemis updates, and more
On the successes and failures of ispace’s first Moon landing attempt, and related tangents and lessons for NASA’s CLPS craft.
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April 2023
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Moon Monday #124: Starship Artemis, mission updates, and more
How NASA’s road to putting humans on the Moon goes through SpaceX Starship, and why it matters to get it right.
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Moon Monday #123: Views of Luna from a Korean craft, mission updates, and more
Science mode is ON for South Korea’s first lunar orbiter KPLO, whose instruments have begun studies of our Moon.
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Moon Monday #122: Moonstruck maple nation, Artemis updates, a lunar water map, and more
On March 28, the Canadian Space Agency announced long-term budgets to accelerate the country’s lunar exploration endeavors.
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Moon Monday #121: NASA announces crew for Artemis II, centralizes its lunar exploration efforts, and more
In what felt like an Apple-esque presentation, NASA announced the four astronauts that will travel around our Moon and back as part of the agency’s…
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March 2023
Moon Monday #120: A lunarbound ispace craft, Chandrayaan 3 liftoff in sight, an Aussie lunar outpost, a Sino-Russian station, and more
ispace Japan’s Hakuto-R lunar lander successfully entered orbit around our Moon on March 21, making it the second such private company following…
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Moon Monday #119: Mission updates, NASA’s wishlist for Luna, science galore, and more
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…
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