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* 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 exploration of Mars
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The not-Moon-Monday edition. 🌝
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Part 4 of India’s space launch crisis: Why India needs to launch Chandrayaan 4 in time to ensure maximum national and international benefits | Moon Monday #273 and Indian Space Progress #38
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* Chandrayaan 4 will bring unique Moon materials—and maybe a giant scientific leap for India
* The case for India and China to exchange lunar samples 🌜..<>..🌛
* Chandrayaan 5 LUPEX mission will drill for water on the Moon and aid Artemis
* ISRO’s Chandrayaan and Gaganyaan programs will converge at
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* How Chandrayaan 3 contributed insights on our Moon’s origin and evolution
* Results from Chandrayaan 3 thermal experiment benefit future missions eyeing lunar water
* Chandrayaan 3 rover may (or may not) have stumbled upon the Moon’s mantle material
* Chandrayaan 3 orbiter observed Earth like an exoplanet
* An overview of
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* On Chandrayaan 2’s landing failure
* Overview of Chandrayaan 2, India’s first Moon landing attempt
* Watching Chandrayaan 2 launch
* Explainer: Why did it take so long to find the Chandrayaan 2 lander?
* Chandrayaan 2, the orbiter to remember
* India aims for the Moon again with launch of Chandrayaan 3
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Let’s explore
explore our Moon
and its archival boon
of Earth’s midnight and afternoon
Let’s return
return to the gray blemishes
for its scientific promises
and its technological wishes
Let’s also preserve
preserve Luna’s natural dents
its phases and cultural crescents
and the serene sights
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Key developments to watch out for this year as both China and the US aim to land humans on the Moon by the end of this decade.
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* ISRO’s Chandrayaan 2 orbiter has been creating the highest resolution map of the Moon
* Lunar science galore from Chandrayaan 2
* How the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter is a Sun watcher at the Moon
* International collaboration and outlook:
* ISRO has been aiding NASA in Artemis crewed Moon landing site selections
* NASA,
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* Looking back at Chandrayaan 1 and forward to Artemis
* How NASA and India discovered water on our Moon
* Interviewing Chandrayaan 1’s Mission Director
* How Chandrayaan 1 viewed a solar eclipse from the Moon
* Tangent: Kids in South Korea and a Moon mission
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An unfortunate breakdown of too many giant leaps of imagination.
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For me not thee, but still for humanity..
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Tucked in a tiny timed capsule
against its wonky, worldly windows
mesmerized the momentary Moonfarers
at sweeping sights of Selene
Creased by craters and crowning peaks
melts and mountains molded in weeks
amid barrages of ballistically laid beads
lingered the landscape of Luna
What the world could view
is impact
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Thanks to our robotic explorers, and the great leveler that is the Internet, you too can “Copy, Moon joy.” | Moon Monday #270
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Plus: A poetic ode to our exploration of Luna | Moon Monday #269
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Original in Hindustani, followed by its English translation (though not as lyrical):
Antariksh ki pyaas
Woh bachpan ki kitaabe
jisne dikhaye sitaare
aaj bhi yaad se nihaare
Durbin ki drishti me jagmag falak
aur yaano ki gati se graho ki jalak
Kalpana se Chaand par chalna
aur brahmand ke brahman
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Part 3 of India’s space launch crisis | Indian Space Progress #37
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Plus: NASA in final prep to launch Artemis II astronauts around Luna.
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From landing system development to trajectory design and landing site selection to abort scenarios.
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* On February 25, NASA rolled back the SLS rocket and its attached Orion spacecraft from the vehicle’s launchpad at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to its assembly building about seven kilometers away. Technicians then replaced a dislodged seal in a fueling interface of the rocket’s
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Plus: Parallel developments show how open access NASA is when the agency is at its best.
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NASA is also borrowing the “manned” from Apollo while at it. | Moon Monday #264
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Also, fun new guestbook for those who read till the end. 🌝
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Plus NASA Artemis updates.
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To understand the pride and perils of the PSLV is to understand India’s launch infrastructure and its risky commonalities | Indian Space Progress #35-36
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Dear NASA, China’s space missions exist too. So do your own planetary science missions.
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Moon Monday #260: Safety planning spans all phases and aspects of the crewed lunar mission, weaved into hardware, operations, and astronaut training. 🦺
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Plus mission updates.
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Does a no-nonsense approach to being an indie author work?
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