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What does Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explosion mean for NASA’s Artemis program? A domino of timeline lapses and strategic failures.

Moon Monday #277: How quickly Blue flies New Glenn again, the timing and outcome of the first Mark 1 lander flight, and what NASA shares about the crewed Mark 2 are the key things to watch out for.

May 29·17 min read·3339 words

What is pending for SpaceX Starship to be a Moonship for NASA astronauts? Nearly everything.

Moon Monday #276: NASA’s road to putting humans on the Moon through SpaceX Starship continues to face a receding sea of milestones to achieve.

May 25·10 min read·1883 words

Science results from India’s Chandrayaan 3 Moon mission | Moon Monday #275

The near-polar lunar surface and environment had never been measured in-situ before Chandrayaan 3 arrived. Now our understanding of it has been grounded in measurements just as we prepare to send a wa…

May 18·8 min read·1550 words

Moon Monday #274: Artemis updates and Japanese missions galore

Artemis updates * Science communicator Hank Green made this interactive website of photos spread across the timeline of the Artemis II lunar mission and flyby. * Among the technological checkpoints…

May 11·1 min read·85 words

Articles on Venus

* Why explore Venus * VERITAS, NASA’s Venus mapper * EnVision, Europe’s mission to Venus * ISRO’s plan to study Venus in unprecedented detail alongside NASA and ESA Related: Coverage of India’s e…

May 8·1 min read·61 words

Articles on moons other than our Moon

The not-Moon-Monday edition. 🌝

May 7·1 min read·11 words