It was a pretty good month.

Space articles

• Past mistakes to avoid in our grand return to the Moon this decade

• Fun with serious SLS rocket headlines

Moon exploration updates

• Moon Monday #105: An Orion around Luna, CubeSat quests, ESA’s lunar ambitions, future mission updates, and more

• Moon Monday #104: Reflecting on Artemis I and our future at Luna, a robotic lander launch, new lunar contracts and mission updates

• Moon Monday #103: A CAPSTONE around the Moon, and updates on craft to follow soon

• Moon Monday #102: CAPSTONE and SLS prep for rendezvous with Luna, and a load of exciting future mission updates

One issue with our grand return to the Moon is that I’m too excited nearly all the time. Constantly writing about it doesn’t help.

Other articles

• A little bit about me as a human being

Updated

I edited these pages to keep the launch timings and information up to date:

• NASA CLPS Moon landing missions

• The bevy of rovers heading for the Moon

More space

• I’ve opened up my space blog to supporter-only comments, please join!

• Talk: From Chandrayaan to Artemis, highlighting collaboration in our return to the Moon

• Live-streamed NASA’s Artemis I Moon mission launch (it wasn’t a quality stream since it was my first ever such attempt)

Notable microposts

• Some thoughts about Mastodon:

  • Mastodon instances I recommend

  • Use notifications filters to cut the noise

  • List your writing on the Fediverse

  • Do not use Mastodon for DMs

• Yet more space:

  • There’s nothing quite as bold and beautiful as committing to exploring the brutal colossal desolation that is space. →

  • Did you know I write space poems sometimes?

  • Crushable aluminum inside Moon landers

  • Just because I’m pro-space it doesn’t mean I need to admire the person leading a space company in order to admire the company itself. →

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