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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
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Chandra Tungathurthi
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.
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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…
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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
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SLIM: Unyielding Defiance Amidst Adversities
First High-Resolution Image
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Strange Illuminations at the PSRs: A Study of the Dark Regions of the South
A Study into the Permanently Shadowed Regions of the South Pole: How Visibility is Achieved Despite Assumed Darkness
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Revisiting the Luna 25 Impact site
The latest PDS data from LROC offers a clearer view of the Luna-25 impact site.
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Did the US soft-land on the South Pole of the Moon ?
I present my thoughts and analysis of the recent moon landing of the US carried out by IM with a question
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Post-Landing Terrain Assessment of the Intuitive Machines-1 Landing Site
A series of analyses on the actual landing site including 3d reconstruction of the landing site and slope analysis
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Pinpointing the South Pole of the Moon
The clearest and most detailed view of the exact location of the Moon's South Pole possible through ShadowCam.
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