Topics
Every subject we track, grouped: lunar missions and science, launch vehicles and spacecraft, contracts, policy and the companies involved.
Missions
Every mission flying to the Moon: robotic landers, orbiters, sample return and crewed flights, with launch dates, landing sites and current status.
Lunar Science
Lunar science: what the samples, seismometers and orbital spectrometers are telling us about the Moon's interior, its water and how it formed.
Infrastructure
Lunar surface infrastructure: landing pads, roads, dust mitigation, thermal control and the utilities a permanent presence actually needs.
Companies
The companies building for the Moon: contract wins, funding rounds, factory build-outs, leadership changes and which ones have actually flown hardware.
Lunar Economy
The lunar economy: what a kilogram to the surface costs, who is paying, payload prices, service contracts and where the revenue actually comes from.
Resources and ISRU
Lunar resources and ISRU: extracting oxygen from regolith, mining polar ice, propellant production and the demonstrations flying in the next few years.
Robotics
Robotics on the Moon: autonomous navigation, teleoperation over light-delay, robotic arms, excavation and the demonstrations already on the surface.
Communications and Navigation
Lunar communications and navigation: relay satellites, LunaNet and Moonlight, the Queqiao constellation and how position is fixed on the far side.
Power and Energy
Power on the Moon: fission surface power, solar arrays through the 14-day night, batteries, and the reactor contracts already awarded.
Construction and Habitats
Construction and habitats: regolith sintering, inflatable modules, lava-tube shelters, radiation shielding and how these are tested on Earth first.
Policy and Law
Policy and law: the Artemis Accords, the Outer Space Treaty and resource rights, launch licensing, export controls and planetary protection rules.
Research
Peer-reviewed research: new papers on lunar geology, regolith properties, radiation and life support, with what each one actually measured.
Investment
Investment and funding: rounds raised, valuations, public listings and SPACs, government awards and which business models have shown revenue.
Jobs
Hiring across the lunar industry: which companies are staffing up, for what programmes, and where the roles are based.
Events
Conferences, launch windows and industry events worth putting in a calendar, with what is expected to be announced at each.
Launches
Launches: upcoming windows, scrubs and delays, what each flight is carrying and how the campaign is tracking against its schedule.
Launch Vehicles
Launch vehicles: Falcon 9, Starship, Ariane 6, New Glenn, Vulcan, Electron and Long March — engines, stages, reuse and flight-proven performance.
Spacecraft
Spacecraft: Orion, Dragon, Starliner, Dream Chaser and cargo vehicles — life support, docking, heat shields and flight test results.
Human Spaceflight
Human spaceflight: crew assignments, spacewalks, commercial stations after the ISS, spacesuit development and mission durations.
Deep Space
Deep space and planetary missions: Mars, the asteroids, the outer planets and the science telescopes — launches, arrivals and mission results.