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China is progressing well in preparations towards the launch of its Chang’e 7 mission to the Moon’s south pole in the second half of next year. The complex multi-month mission primarily aiming to ...

China preps complex Chang’e 7 mission to study lunar water while US Artemis III rejigs.

Reviewing all recent advances from China as it prepares to perform crewed Moon missions. Plus more mission updates.

Before we begin, a clarifying note about the title of the previous Moon Monday: An Amazon delivery for NASA’s VIPER rover? Well, I’ve received many emails saying how Amazon has a distinct space entity ...

A not-to-scale representation of ISRO’s Venus orbiter mission Shukrayaan. Credit: ISRO Edit in October 2024: I’ve written a new, much longer article on ISRO’s Venus Orbiter after India approved the ...

A review of upcoming and past lunar missions of this decade shows a wide gap between notions of technological progress versus achieved reality. Moon Monday #230: China leaps again in its steady march ...

India has formally approved the joint ISRO-JAXA Chandrayaan 5 (LUPEX) mission to study water ice on the Moon’s south pole. The mission and its approval are notable in many ways as we’ll see below.

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 ...

It’s been a year since the approval of ISRO’s Chandrayaan 4 mission, and ISRO has not yet provided an update on if the preliminary design review (PDR) to finalize the mission design has been completed ...