Artemis updates Illustration of a SpaceX Starship lunar lander prototype docked with the Orion spacecraft in Earth orbit, as ...

Moon Monday #293 and Indian Space Progress #43. 10 years ago today Chandrayaan-1 ended. I was so lucky to be a small part of that mission. The M3 instrument allowed us to take a huge step forward in ...

China demonstrated optical laser communications between a lunar orbiter and Earth, as part of its efforts to build a lunar navigation and communications network. Here’s a comprehensive review of each ...

China announced last month that it has demonstrated two-way optical laser communications between Earth and its DRO-A satellite, which was launched in 2024 and put in a stable Distant Retrograde Orbit ...

Where did our Moon come from? The origin of Earth’s cosmic companion is a fundamental question in planetary science. From Galileo’s first telescopic observations of the Moon to humans walking on its ...

The successful launch of Skyroot Aerospace’s small Vikram-1 rocket on July 18, sans the mixed outcome for payloads, has been hailed as a revolutionary launch success for India by the company, ISRO, ...

I’m very much a Moon person but I’ve written a bit about Mars over the years as well, highlighting a few key aspects about the red planet’s exploration which I thought aren’t discussed as much or in ...

Welcome to a linked rundown of global developments in the exploration of our Moon across the first half of 2026. There’s also a section on global outlook because we must not forget our ...

In 1970, the Soviet Union successfully remotely drove Lunokhod 1, the world’s first planetary rover, on the Moon for 11 months. That was seven months more than planned. Thus the scientific ...

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.

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 ...

The bulk of the SLS rocket core stage for the Artemis III mission is seen here arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. I love the scale of the image being so apparent with people and cars ...