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6 months ago

Excitement Grows for SpaceX’s DOGE-1 Lunar Mission, Now Expected in 2025 (Cape Canaveral, Florida) Excitement is once again building around the long-anticipated DOGE-1 lunar mission, a project first announced in 2021 and now expected to launch in 2025 aboard a SpaceX Falco...

Excitement Grows for @spacex.extwitter.link’s DOGE-1 #Lunar Mission, Now Expected in 2025, by Priscilla Ann in #TechBullion techbullion.com/excitement-g... #Lunapolitics

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6 months ago

How Blue Alchemist can help settlers tap the moon’s resources It will not only help future lunar settlers be self-sufficient but will help provide raw materials for space-based manufacturing facilities.

How Blue Alchemist can help settlers tap the #moon’s resources, by Mark R. Whittington in @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/tech... #Lunapolitics #USA

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6 months ago

Yokogawa Signs Agreements with #Toyota for the R&D of the Control Platform for a Manned Pressurized Rover, in @financialtimes.com markets.ft.com/data/announc... #Lunapolitics #Japan

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6 months ago

Lunar Astronauts Could Grow Their Own Tea A team of researchers from Kent have demonstrated that it is possible to grow tea in lunar soil as part of a wider field of work to explore how future astronauts living and working on the moon can gro...

#Lunar Astronauts Could Grow Their Own Tea, by Matthew Williams in @universetoday.com www.universetoday.com/articles/lun... #Lunapolitics #UK

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6 months ago

Moon Helium Deal Is the Biggest Space Resource Grab Yet Quantum cryogenics manufacturer Bluefors is betting big on Interlune, a startup that aims to extract Helium-3 from the lunar surface by 2028.

#Moon Helium Deal Is the Biggest #Space Resource Grab Yet, by Ellyn Lapointe in @gizmodo.com gizmodo.com/moon-helium-... #Lunapolitics #Finland #USA

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6 months ago

NASA safety panel warns Starship lunar lander could be delayed by years NASA safety advisers say they doubt the lunar lander version of SpaceX’s Starship will be ready to support the Artemis 3 mission as planned in 2027.

#NASA safety panel warns #Starship #lunar lander could be delayed by years, by @jfoust.bsky.social in @spacenewsinc.bsky.social spacenews.com/nasa-safety-... #Lunapolitics #USA

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6 months ago

Here's what Trump's space strategy means for future Mars landings | BBC Science Focus Magazine The American president wants boots on the Moon and eyes on Mars – but his budget aims to slash NASA’s funding by nearly a quarter.

Here's what Trump's #space strategy means for future #Mars landings, by Ben Evans in @sciencefocus.bsky.social www.sciencefocus.com/space/trumps... #Lunapolitics #USA

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6 months ago

Building Nuclear Power in the U.S. Is Tough. NASA Wants to Do It on the Moon. So do China and Russia. Here’s what you need to know about America’s new lunar-energy race

Building Nuclear Power in the U.S. Is Tough. #NASA Wants to Do It on the #Moon, by Jennifer Hiller and Micah Maidenberg in @wsj.com www.wsj.com/science/spac... #Lunapolitics #USA

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6 months ago

U.S. Is Losing Race to Return to Moon, Critics Say, Pointing at SpaceX

U.S. Is Losing Race to Return to #Moon, Critics Say, Pointing at @spacex.extwitter.link, by Eric Lipton in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u... #Lunapolitics #USA

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6 months ago

Chinese team finds lunar landslides taking place, triggered by moonquakes Scientists say their findings will help to inform choice of sites for future bases on the moon, including a planned research station.

Chinese team finds #lunar landslides taking place, triggered by moonquakes, by Holly Chik in @scmpnews.bsky.social amp.scmp.com/news/china/s... #Lunapolitics #China

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6 months ago

Türkiye's METU to send 2 AI-driven lunar rovers to moon’s south pole in 2029 with China - Türkiye Today METU to launch Türkiye’s first AI-powered lunar rovers with China in 2029, marking a world-first interactive moon mission

Türkiye's METU to send 2 AI-driven #lunar rovers to #moon’s south pole in 2029 with China, in @turkiyetoday.bsky.social www.turkiyetoday.com/business/tur... #Lunapolitics #China #Turkiye

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6 months ago

UAE to the Moon: Rashid Rover 2 undergoes key lunar test, seals deal for high-tech cameras MBRSC in Dubai partners with French space agency CNES for Emirates Lunar Mission in 2026

UAE to the #Moon: Rashid Rover 2 undergoes key #lunar test, seals deal for high-tech cameras, by Sajila Saseendran in @gulfnews.bsky.social gulfnews.com/uae/uae-to-t... #Lunapolitics #UAE

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6 months ago

In a race back to the moon, U.S. and China see a fast-approaching finish line The U.S. and China are in a sprint toward manned missions to the lunar surface by the end of this decade, with sights on 2029 as a common deadline.

In a race back to the #moon, U.S. and China see a fast-approaching finish line, by Michael Wilmer in @latimes.com www.latimes.com/politics/sto... #Lunapolitics #China #USA

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6 months ago

Turkiye Plans to Send 2 Lunar Exploration Vehicles in 2029 | Sada Elbalad In an ambitious step for its space program, Turkiye has announced plans to send two lunar exploration vehicles, named “CHERI”, to the Moon in 2029 using largely homegrown technology, in cooperation wi...

Turkiye Plans to Send 2 #Lunar Exploration Vehicles in 2029, by Rana Atef in See News see.news/turkiye-plan... #Lunapolitics #Turkiye

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6 months ago

NASA revives VIPER lunar rover mission with Blue Origin lander award NASA has revived a robotic lunar rover mission by selecting Blue Origin to deliver it to the moon’s south pole in 2027.

#NASA revives VIPER #lunar rover mission with Blue Origin lander award, by @jfoust.bsky.social in @spacenewsinc.bsky.social spacenews.com/nasa-revives... #Lunapolitics #USA

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6 months ago

The Next Lunar Rover Might Be Driven From 238,900 Miles Away - Jalopnik NASA contractor Lunar Outpost revealed that its Lunar Terrain Vehicle will be capable of real-time teleoperations from its mission control here on Earth.

The Next #Lunar Rover Might Be Driven From 238,900 Miles Away, by Ryan Erik King in @jalopnik.bsky.social www.jalopnik.com/1970360/next... #Lunapolitics #USA

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6 months ago

NASA Selects Blue Origin to Deliver VIPER Rover to Moon’s South Pole - NASA As part of the agency’s Artemis campaign, NASA has awarded Blue Origin of Kent, Washington, a CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) task order with an

#NASA Selects Blue Origin to Deliver VIPER Rover to #Moon’s South Pole, by Tiernan P. Doyle for NASA www.nasa.gov/news-release... #Lunapolitics #USA

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6 months ago

Hydrogen fuel to power upper stage rocket of 1st manned moon mission BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working on developing a hydrogen fuel-propelled upper stage rocket of 60-70 tonnes capacity for laun

Hydrogen fuel to power upper stage rocket of 1st manned #moon mission, in New Indian Express www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/st... #Lunapolitics #India

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6 months ago

Moon Telescope Sparks Lunar-Distance Relationship There’s plans afoot to put a new telescope near the Moon’s south pole—and a Canadian company was selected this week to design and build its instrument suite.

#Moon Telescope Sparks #Lunar-Distance Relationship, by Elizabeth Howell in Payload Space payloadspace.com/moon-telesco... #Lunapolitics #Canada

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6 months ago

Malacca of the Moon: Asia Amid the China-US Lunar Race A few sunlit ridges beside ice-rich craters could become lunar chokepoints, unless Asia writes simple, shared rules now.

Malacca of the #Moon: Asia Amid the China-US #Lunar Race, by Ashton Ng in @thediplomat.com thediplomat.com/2025/09/mala... #Lunapolitics #USA #China

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6 months ago

VIPER lives! Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will land ice-hunting NASA rover on the moon in 2027 VIPER's long and winding road will now feature a ride to the lunar surface on Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander.

VIPER lives! Jeff Bezos' #BlueOrigin will land ice-hunting #NASA rover on the #moon in 2027, by Mike Wall in @space.com www.space.com/astronomy/mo... #Lunapolitics #USA

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6 months ago

UAE's MBRSC strengthens ties with French space agency as Emirates Lunar Mission's Rashid Rover 2 launch nears The MBRSC has reaffirmed its strategic partnership with the French space agency, CNES, as it prepares Emirates Lunar Mission’s Rashid Rover 2

UAE’s #MBRSC strengthens ties with French space agency as Emirates #Lunar Mission’s Rashid Rover 2 launch nears, by Yara Abi Farraj in Economy Middle East economymiddleeast.com/news/uaes-mb... #Lunapolitics #France #UAE

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6 months ago

Chinese researchers identify new landslides on #moon, in People's Daily Online en.people.cn/n3/2025/0919... #Lunapolitics #China

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6 months ago

The Moon could finally reveal dark matter Faint hydrogen signals from the cosmic Dark Ages may soon help determine the mass of dark matter particles. Simulations suggest future Moon-based observatories could distinguish between warm and cold ...

The #Moon could finally reveal dark matter, in Science Daily www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #Lunapolitics #Japan

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6 months ago

Building a Lunar Network: Johnson Tests Wireless Technologies for the Moon  - NASA NASA engineers are strapping on backpacks loaded with radios, cameras, and antennas to test technology that might someday keep explorers connected on the

Building a #Lunar Network: #NASA’s Johnson Space Center Tests Wireless Technologies for the #Moon, by Sumer Loggins for #NASA www.nasa.gov/centers-and-... #Lunapolitics #USA

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6 months ago

Mining the Moon’s Helium-3: The Key to a Quantum Computing and Energy Revolution Mining the Moon’s Helium-3: The Key to a Quantum Computing and Energy Revolution - Tech Space 2.0

Mining the #Moon’s Helium-3: The Key to a #Quantum Computing and Energy Revolution, by Marcin Frackiewicz in TS2Tech ts2.tech/en/mining-th... #Lunapolitics #Space #Finland #USA

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6 months ago

Artemis 2 astronauts will double as human science experiments on their trip around the moon The life of an astronaut comes with a lot of poking and prodding.

#Artemis 2 astronauts will double as human science experiments on their trip around the #moon, by Josh Dinner in @spacedotcom.bsky.social www.space.com/space-explor... #Lunapolitics #Space #Canada #USA

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6 months ago

India, US begin new era of #space cooperation with #Moon and #Mars missions, in @bsindia.bsky.social www.business-standard.com/amp/india-ne... #Lunapolitics #USA #India

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6 months ago

NASA Artemis II Moon Rocket Ready to Fly Crew - NASA NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket poised to send four astronauts from Earth on a journey around the Moon next year may appear identical to

#NASA #Artemis II #Moon Rocket Ready to Fly Crew, by Lee Mohon for @nasaartemis.bsky.social www.nasa.gov/directorates... #Space #Lunapolitics #Canada #USA

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6 months ago

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#Lunapolitics is coming back: weekly newsletter and original analysis, monthly interviews, and monthly market/BI note. Thanks to those who stayed. Follow & subscribe here: www.linkedin.com/company/luna... #Moon #Lunar #Cislunar