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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Artemis updates The Orion capsule for the crewed Artemis II Moon mission being transported. Image: NASA / Kim Shiflett On May 2, the Trump administration released its Presidential budget request for ...

Put on your 3D glasses to see our Moon up-close in glorious depth. The Moon in 3D. To see it pop out, use any of the commercially available Red/Blue 3D glasses online or in physical stores. Credit: ...