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Website & Blog of Jatan Mehta, a globally published & cited space writer. Read deep dives on global lunar and space exploration.

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Moon Monday #221: The US is failing to explore lunar water as the principal goal of Artemis

And, countries allied with the US are facing delays in their own missions, allowing China to lead in this aspect of lunar exploration too.

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Moon Monday #220: Lunar science galore from the Chandrayaans

Plus mission updates and some tangents.

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Newly approved Chandrayaan 5 LUPEX mission will drill for water on the Moon and aid Artemis | Indian Space Progress #25-26

Plus: A host of new lunar science results from Chandrayaan 2 and 3. Enjoy this 3200-word Chandrayaan-special. 🌙

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Moon Monday #219: Results from India’s Chandrayaan 3 experiment to benefit future missions eyeing lunar water

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Moon Monday #218: A molten Moon, a date for the SPA, sunset for Blue Ghost as well as inclusive Artemis language, and more

There’s a lot in this Moon Monday edition to unpack. Grab yourself a coffee or another mild drug of choice and let’s get started. 🤓

Chang’e 6 samples produce two more big results

An artist's concept of our Moon shortly after its

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Moon Monday #217: Red A-CLPS 🔥💍

Also drills, flying regolith, a hard landing, Moonlight, and many more mission updates to quench the lunatic in you.

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If nasaspaceflight.com and its forum are blocked for you too, here’s how to access them

Sometime last year, nasaspaceflight.com (NSF) stopped loading for me. I could not access any page on its website, all of which said “Sorry, you have been blocked” no matter which browser I tried. Since then I’ve been accessing the NSF site in alternate ways because

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Moon Monday #216: Firefly Blue Ghost brings precision landing and lunar sci-tech bounties

Plus: Contextualizing the failure of Intuitive Machines’ second Moon mission and that of Lunar Trailblazer as grave losses for NASA.