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

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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…

Feb 6

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…

Jan 30

JAXA and ISRO are pressing ahead with their joint rover mission to study water ice on the Moon’s south pole.

Jan 23

Thanks to the ultra-sensitive ShadowCam instrument, South Korea’s KPLO lunar orbiter now enables meticulously planning resource prospecting missions…

Jan 16

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…

Jan 9

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!

Dec 19, 2022

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…

Dec 12, 2022

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