Celebrating India’s 2nd National Space Day: Releasing the Lunar Data Explorer

On the occasion of the second anniversary of India’s historic lunar landing, I’m excited to present a cloud-optimized Lunar Data Explorer.

Aug 23 • 

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IM‑2 Athena: An Almost‑Successful South Polar Landing — Intuitive Machines Mission 2

Too close yet too far away from a perfect polar touchdown of Athena. New High Resolution images reveal key insights on what happened during last seconds…

Aug 10 • 

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March 2025

Moon and Beyond - It's the first anniversary

Reflecting on a Year of Exploring the Moon and Beyond

Mar 15 • 

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January 2025

Two Landers, One Mission: 2025 Lunar Exploration Begins

2025 Moon exploration begins with the launch of Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1 and ispace's Mission 2, part of the HAKUTO-R Venture Moon program

Jan 16 • 

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December 2024

VayuVani: A Privacy-Preserving Self-Managed LoRa Groundstation

In my previous posts I announced VayuVani for Independent Satellite communication where I listed and attempted to explain my thoughts in the current…

Dec 31, 2024 • 

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October 2024

Announcing VayuVani: My Journey to Empower Truly Independent Satellite Communication

I'm excited to introduce VayuVani, a project born out of personal frustration and a vision for genuinely independent satellite communication.

Oct 7, 2024 • 

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June 2024

Chang'e 6 lands on the Far-side of the Moon

On June 1 at 22:23 UTC, Chang'e 6 successfully landed on the far side of the Moon after a journey of nearly a month since its launch on May 3, 2024.

Jun 2, 2024 • 

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May 2024

Seeing in unprecedented detail: Key Operational insights into Chandrayaan 2 Orbital High-resolution Camera

The metadata analysis of the Chandrayaan 2 OHRC highlights significant operational trends, such as changes in the orbiter's altitude resulting in…

May 29, 2024 • 

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What the Chinese Chang’e 6 mission aims to bring back from the Far-side of the Moon

The Lunar Geologic Timescale

May 6, 2024 • 

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April 2024

SLIM: Unyielding Defiance Amidst Adversities

First High-Resolution Image

Apr 28, 2024 • 

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Byte-sized Tutorials

This is a live page where I publish concise tutorials focused on Space exploration, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), lunar missions, and…

Apr 11, 2024 • 

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Exploring Lunar Data ft. ISRO

Following my earlier announcements, I am excited to introduce the inaugural session of my series.

Apr 6, 2024 • 

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