Like last year’s overview of a happening 2024 in global lunar exploration, I present to you a comprehensive, curated, and contextualized linked list of lunar technology and science developments across ...

The LVM3 captured by rocket photographer Dheeraj Khandelwal as it emerged out of the clouds during its launch of Chandrayaan 3. Images: Chandrayaan gallery by Dheeraj A table showing health status and ...

NASA announced that on the future crewed Artemis IV Moon landing mission, the astronauts will deploy two competitively selected scientific payloads costing $25 million each. These are: A graphic ...

A space program can only move as swiftly as its rockets. It’s India’s time to act on that. Indian Space Progress #33: A review of the state of ISRO’s orbital launch vehicles reveals a bleak picture of ...

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 ...

Screenshot of the inaccessible document archive on LEAG’s website as of February 10, 2025. The LEAG website is being reviewed in response to guidance given by NASA leadership. Screenshot of the LEAG ...

A panorama from China’s 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 / CLEP Shadows of Firefly’s Blue Ghost Moon lander ...

A lot of interesting lunar science results have been published this year. Here’s a non-exhaustive but curated set of papers with a brief takeaway from each along with a representative graph or ...

Seven uni-verses is a pamphlet of poems dedicated to humanity’s exploration of the universe. There’s nothing quite as bold and beautiful as committing to venturing the brutal colossal desolation that ...

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. One thing that is notable ...

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 ...

Plus: Contextualizing the failure of Intuitive Machines’ second Moon mission and that of Lunar Trailblazer as grave losses for NASA. In the half a lunar day since its local morning landing, Firefly ...