Cislunar
Stories about the growing number of activities around the Moon.
NASA’s Moon Plans Are In Elon’s Hands
“If we land, it is dependent on SpaceX having their [Starship] lander ready.”
ispace Plots Lunar Data Business, Borrows $45M for Lander Missions
Other Moon-focused companies, including Lockheed Martin subsidiary Crescent and Intuitive Machines, are also planning satellite networks around Earth’s favorite satellite.
Sweden and Switzerland Sign the Artemis Accords
NASA has been building up its team of responsible space actors, and this week, it brought on two new recruits.
Japanese PM Inks Deal to Join Artemis Moon Return
Two Japanese astronauts will travel to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis program, potentially becoming the first non-Americans to set foot on the lunar surface.
DARPA Funds Pie-In-the-Sky Moon Train Study
Out: the train to space. In: the inter-Moon-base express.
He-3’s All That for Interlune
He-3 is mainly used in security and medical sensors to detect radiation, but it could theoretically be used as fuel for a nuclear fusion power plant.
Goodnight, Sweet Prince: Saying Goodbye to IM-1
By the time you read this, the sun will have set on Odysseus, Intuitive Machines’ Moon lander.
IM-1 Is Sideways, But We’ve All Been There
CEO Steve Altemus reports that the payloads on board are still functional.
How IM-1 Landed Softly On The Moon
Intuitive Machines ($LUNR) became the first private organization to land on the Moon.
Lonestar Data Holdings Performs Data Demo in Cislunar Space
One company is on the way to proving that the same things that make the Moon inhospitable to people—cold, barren, hard to reach—make it a perfect setting for long-term, secure data storage.
Q3 Earnings Roundup: AST SpaceMobile, Terran Orbital, Intuitive Machines, Momentus
We’re deep into earnings season, and the space SPACs have been reporting all week. Here’s our roundup of the highlights.
ispace US Unveils New Denver HQ
ispace US unveiled a new headquarters on Thursday that will serve as the homebase for its mission to establish long-term lunar infrastructure and the birthplace of the company’s newest lander. The lunar tech company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Japanese entity of the same name, has ambitious goals to land craft on the Moon consistently…
South Africa Partners with China on Lunar Base
China and South Africa have agreed to partner on space initiatives for the first time. During a meeting of BRICS nation leaders—a group consisting of Brazil, India, China, and South Africa—Chinese President Xi Jinping signed two agreements with South Africa to collaborate on space-related projects. According to Chinese state media agency Xinhua News, one of…
