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Moon Monday #113: A volcanic dome for NASA CLPS, a crusty site for Chandrayaan 3, Pangaea for astronauts, and more
NASA has changed the target landing site for Astrobotic’s first Moon lander from a northeastern lava plain to near the Gruithuisen volcanic domes in the…
Jatan Mehta
Feb 6
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Moon Monday #113: A volcanic dome for NASA CLPS, a crusty site for Chandrayaan 3, Pangaea for astronauts, and more
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January 2023
Moon Monday #112: Planning Artemis science, exciting mission updates, and more
While NASA has already selected the technology stack to be used for the historic return of humans to the Moon with Artemis III, the science end is now…
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Jan 30
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Moon Monday #112: Planning Artemis science, exciting mission updates, and more
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Moon Monday #111: An Indo-Japanese rover, China’s 4th lunar leap, Artemis collaborations, and more
JAXA and ISRO are pressing ahead with their joint rover mission to study water ice on the Moon’s south pole.
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Jan 23
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Moon Monday #111: An Indo-Japanese rover, China’s 4th lunar leap, Artemis collaborations, and more
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Moon Monday #110: A spacecraft that sees lunar shadows, Saudi Arabia’s withdrawal from The Moon Treaty, mission updates, and more
Thanks to the ultra-sensitive ShadowCam instrument, South Korea’s KPLO lunar orbiter now enables meticulously planning resource prospecting missions…
Jatan Mehta
Jan 16
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Moon Monday #110: A spacecraft that sees lunar shadows, Saudi Arabia’s withdrawal from The Moon Treaty, mission updates, and more
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Moon Monday #109: Seven lunar landing attempts this year, and NASA’s budget for Luna
2023 promises 3 robotic Moon landing attempts from the U.S., 2 from Japan, and one each from India and Russia. Here are the latest available updates on…
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Jan 9
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Moon Monday #109: Seven lunar landing attempts this year, and NASA’s budget for Luna
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December 2022
Moon Monday #108: A lunarbound KPLO, many mission updates, future foundations, and more
On December 17, KPLO successfully entered lunar orbit, making it South Korea’s first such spacecraft. And so we now have 8 orbiters at the Moon!
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Dec 19, 2022
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Moon Monday #108: A lunarbound KPLO, many mission updates, future foundations, and more
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Moon Monday #107: NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashes on Earth while ispace Japan launches for the Moon
Now that Orion has returned safely to Earth, it feels so amazing to talk about Artemis I as the past. The thankfully nominal mission has infused…
Jatan Mehta
Dec 12, 2022
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Moon Monday #107: NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashes on Earth while ispace Japan launches for the Moon
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Moon Monday #106: Orion is on its way back to Earth while other craft prep their Moonshot
NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft part of the Artemis I Moon mission precisely propelled itself past Luna and on a trajectory to Earth.
Jatan Mehta
Dec 5, 2022
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Moon Monday #106: Orion is on its way back to Earth while other craft prep their Moonshot
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November 2022
Moon Monday #105: An Orion around Luna, CubeSat quests, ESA’s lunar ambitions, future mission updates, and more
In what seems to be a very successful Artemis I mission, NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft entered its desired Distant Retrograde Orbit around our Moon…
Jatan Mehta
Nov 28, 2022
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Moon Monday #105: An Orion around Luna, CubeSat quests, ESA’s lunar ambitions, future mission updates, and more
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Moon Monday #104: Reflecting on Artemis I and our future at Luna, a robotic lander launch, new lunar contracts and mission updates
Make no mistake, Artemis I is a monumental launch of hardware and hope.
Jatan Mehta
Nov 21, 2022
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Moon Monday #104: Reflecting on Artemis I and our future at Luna, a robotic lander launch, new lunar contracts and mission updates
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Moon Monday #103: A CAPSTONE around the Moon, and updates on craft to follow soon
NASA and Advanced Space’s CAPSTONE spacecraft has entered into its intended unique Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit, which the NASA-led international Gateway…
Jatan Mehta
Nov 14, 2022
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Moon Monday #103: A CAPSTONE around the Moon, and updates on craft to follow soon
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Moon Monday #102: CAPSTONE and SLS prep for rendezvous with Luna, and a load of exciting future mission updates
Like forging and acting towards an ambitious goal, progress on pieces that will be part of future lunar missions intrigues and excites. Last week saw…
Jatan Mehta
Nov 7, 2022
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