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A panorama from the Chang’e 6 lander on the Moon’s farside, showing one of its legs and the scoop sampling arm near its surface digs. Image: CNSA / CLEPChinese researchers have published a whole range of papers lately on their recent lunar exploration outcomes as well

Read to the end to know how I avoid (Artemis) hot takes on Moon Monday.

I’ve been having so much fun with headlines on my Moon Monday blog+newsletter lately:Not the fault in our stars but certainly stressful faults on our MoonLittle LUNA on EarthA bao-burrito-bhel of global lunar updatesSuit up to walk under MoonlightLet’s be

Updates on CLPS, ispace, Artemis, Chandrayaan 4, and more. Read to the end for a fact check on an op-ed.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Moon landers from Firefly and ispace respectively on January 15. Images: SpaceX / NASA / Frank MichauxWith a fleet of NASA-supported robotic Moon landers part of the agency’s CLPS program launching throughout this decade, I’ve compiled an exhaustive rundown for you

A look at the armada of robotic landers NASA is riding to the Moon this decade.

Before we begin, a note that my thoughts are with everyone affected by the fires in southern California as well as by last week’s 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Xizang, China.The Moon lander duo from ispace Japan and US-based Firefly Aerospace are being targeted for launch by SpaceX

And three little things to share.

I’m delighted to welcome GalaxEye Space as the latest sponsor of my Indian Space Progress blog+newsletter! 🚀Bangalore-based startup GalaxEye is developing hybrid Earth observation satellites with multi-spectral optical imaging plus synthetic aperture radar (SAR) capabilities, with the first launch targeted next year. 🛰️While 2023

Plus, my experience at the Galaxy Forum in Wenchang, China to that end.

Hello from China! I’m at the four-day 2024 international Galaxy Forum, where I along with speakers from over 12 countries are discussing global plans on lunar exploration, science from the Moon, and cooperative approaches to those ends. This week’s Moon Monday thus includes several fresh, firsthand

Read to the end to see a reader gift made of processed lunar regolith.

ISRO’s Chandrayaan craft have viewed a solar eclipse, studied the Sun’s flares, and observed Earth as an exoplanet, all from the vantage point of lunar orbit.

Thank you for having signed up for my no-award winning Moon Monday blog+newsletter! Its motivation was to exist because nothing like it did to capture the world’s march to the Moon. 🌝If you’re one of the 8,000+ lunatics who enjoys this free curated

Dating farside volcanic samples, awaiting the next wave of landers, and disliking opaque orbital operations.

Plus: New round of Chang’e 5 sample studies, gifting part of the Moon, and Sino-US cooperation