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Here are all notable articles and blog posts I’ve published on India’s largely successful—but also very opaque—space program, including all of its planetary missions. I keep updating any evergreen ...
I’m thrilled to share that over and above my flagship Moon Monday blog+newsletter, I’ve joined the Open Lunar Foundation as their ‘Science Communications Lead’. In that role, I’ll help communicate ...
SPADEX paves the way for Chandrayaan 4 lunar sample return On January 16, India successfully docked and then controlled two twin satellites in circular low Earth orbit as part of mission SPADEX (spa ...
So that was an exhaustive look at India’s space progress in 2024 on multiple fronts. I wrote this for you, not social media or SEO. And so if you loved my 2024 Indian space tour, please share it with ...
More Moon Left: Debut launch of China’s Long March 12 rocket; Right: The YF-100K engine, four of which power Long March 12’s core stage, as displayed at Airshow China 2018. Images: CCTV / 乘号同学 With ...
Meet RESILIENCE, ispace Japan’s second Moon mission Following ispace Japan’s failed touchdown attempt on the Moon with the M1 mission in April, the company has improved the hardware and software ...
Our Moon may be one of the largest satellites in the Solar System but its exploration has been concentrated on select areas. One of these is low lunar orbit, where mapping spacecraft from three ...
👀 🧊 🌘More mission updates The SLS rocket core stage and twin boosters inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building. Image: NASA / Frank Michaux On March 23, technicians at NASA joined the twin solid ...
Many thanks to Catalyx Space and Arun Raghavan for sponsoring this week’s Moon Monday! Today’s Moon Monday involved a lot of work to capture adequate context for each of NASA’s proposed changes to its ...
Left: ispace Japan’s second Moon lander, named RESILIENCE, at JAXA’s Tsukuba Space Center pre-launch. Also seen integrated into the lander is ispace’s first rover TENACIOUS; Right: Our Earth as imaged ...
Grab some tea, coffee, or beverage of your choice because this week’s Moon Monday is a sci-tech deep dive! 🌝 Chandrayaan 3 contributes to learning our Moon’s origin and evolution Top left: The ...
Many thanks to Astrolab, Louis Burtz, Gurbir Singh and Frank Genin for sponsoring this week’s Moon Monday! If you’re loving this 2024 global lunar tour, share it with other space buffs by grabbing ...