Indian Space Progress #33: A review of the state of ISRO’s orbital launch vehicles reveals a bleak picture of ambitious goals sliding to the right—in stark contrast to the incessant chest thumping about efficiency.
Here is a peek at some lunar samples from China’s Chang’e 5 nearside landing mission as well as the Chang’e 6 farside one! Holding them is an incredible feeling that vividly reminds you of the immense and irreplaceable value of exploring our Moon. 🌙 Check my coverage of
A volcano of new results which have improved our understanding of our cosmic companion.
Plus mission updates and more memes.
It also lays the foundation for the next phase in my space writing: Merge the worlds of blogs and books.
Welcome to the 250th edition of my Moon Monday blog+newsletter! 🚀🌕 One small step: About two months ago, Moon Monday crossed 10,000 subscribers. I did not announce it until now because I wanted to celebrate it in some way. Having readers and supporters be truly spread around the world
At over 1.6 petabytes, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission hosts by far the largest dataset from any planetary science spacecraft ever launched. LRO’s high-resolution lunar imagery and topographic data has been the bedrock for selecting landing sites of most Moon missions launched this century from around
Mission updates from China and the US.
China preps complex Chang’e 7 mission to study lunar water while US Artemis III rejigs.
Moon Monday #247 and Indian Space Progress #32
Like Moon-made M&Ms. 🍬😋
Plus mission updates.
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