JM
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Just read my blog: https://jatan.space 🌗
Here’s a cool flex with no real meaning. I’m a verified author on Goodreads and Medium now. But what actually matters is how people read & connect with your words jatan.space/seven-uni-ve...
Hearing early readers express wonder and curiosity has meant more than these questionable labels ever will.
Hearing early readers express wonder and curiosity has meant more than these questionable labels ever will.
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Here’s a cool flex with no real meaning. I’m a verified author on Goodreads and Medium now. But what actually matters is how people read & connect with your words jatan.space/seven-uni-ve...
Hearing early readers express wonder and curiosity has meant more than these questionable labels ever will.
Hearing early readers express wonder and curiosity has meant more than these questionable labels ever will.
Very excited to have started the next phase of my writing: Merge the worlds of blogs & books to bring affordable and accessible booklets on important but undercovered space exploration themes to people all around the world jatan.space/presenting-s... 🤓
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Very excited to have started the next phase of my writing: Merge the worlds of blogs & books to bring affordable and accessible booklets on important but undercovered space exploration themes to people all around the world jatan.space/presenting-s... 🤓
Hi everyone, some news (that’s made me pop out of my no social media life):
Celebrating 5 years and 10,000 subscribers of my Moon Monday blog & newsletter with globally published poetry. Presenting Seven uni-verses, poetry on all that space evokes jatan.space/presenting-s... 🌙
Celebrating 5 years and 10,000 subscribers of my Moon Monday blog & newsletter with globally published poetry. Presenting Seven uni-verses, poetry on all that space evokes jatan.space/presenting-s... 🌙
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Hi everyone, some news (that’s made me pop out of my no social media life):
Celebrating 5 years and 10,000 subscribers of my Moon Monday blog & newsletter with globally published poetry. Presenting Seven uni-verses, poetry on all that space evokes jatan.space/presenting-s... 🌙
Celebrating 5 years and 10,000 subscribers of my Moon Monday blog & newsletter with globally published poetry. Presenting Seven uni-verses, poetry on all that space evokes jatan.space/presenting-s... 🌙
Examples of how Western media narratives of China’s lunar activities misjudge capabilities and intent https://moonmehta.jatan.space/posts/examples-of-how-western-media-narratives-of-chinas-lunar-activities-misjudge-capabilities-and-intent
June 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Examples of how Western media narratives of China’s lunar activities misjudge capabilities and intent https://moonmehta.jatan.space/posts/examples-of-how-western-media-narratives-of-chinas-lunar-activities-misjudge-capabilities-and-intent
Moon Monday #229: China extends lead in lunar orbital infrastructure, gets an edge in future crewed missions over the US https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-229/
June 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Moon Monday #229: China extends lead in lunar orbital infrastructure, gets an edge in future crewed missions over the US https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-229/
Moon Monday #228: The need for resilience in private lunar landing missions through expansive and collaborative testing https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-228/
June 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Moon Monday #228: The need for resilience in private lunar landing missions through expansive and collaborative testing https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-228/
An Indian is about to fly to the International Space Station.. https://moonmehta.jatan.space/posts/an-indian-is-about-to-fly-to-the-international-space-station
June 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
An Indian is about to fly to the International Space Station.. https://moonmehta.jatan.space/posts/an-indian-is-about-to-fly-to-the-international-space-station
Notable Chandrayaan updates from last month https://moonmehta.jatan.space/posts/notable-chandrayaan-updates-from-last-month
June 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Notable Chandrayaan updates from last month https://moonmehta.jatan.space/posts/notable-chandrayaan-updates-from-last-month
NASA’s FY2026 budget request cancels four Moon projects: Oxygen extractor, Decadal science efforts, a... https://moonmehta.jatan.space/posts/nasas-fy2026-budget-request-cancels-four-moon-projects-oxygen-extractor-decadal-science-efforts-an-advanced-instruments-program-and-themis-artemis-spacecraft
June 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
NASA’s FY2026 budget request cancels four Moon projects: Oxygen extractor, Decadal science efforts, a... https://moonmehta.jatan.space/posts/nasas-fy2026-budget-request-cancels-four-moon-projects-oxygen-extractor-decadal-science-efforts-an-advanced-instruments-program-and-themis-artemis-spacecraft
A pressing PSLV rocket failure and orbital congestion to brood over | Indian Space Progress #28 https://jatan.space/indian-space-issue-28/
June 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A pressing PSLV rocket failure and orbital congestion to brood over | Indian Space Progress #28 https://jatan.space/indian-space-issue-28/
Moon Monday #227: Proposed cuts, cancellations, continuations, and changes to NASA’s lunar missions https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-227/
June 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Moon Monday #227: Proposed cuts, cancellations, continuations, and changes to NASA’s lunar missions https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-227/
Moon Monday #226: Blue Origin aims to launch its first two Moon missions by next year—with nearly no NASA payloads https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-226/
May 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Moon Monday #226: Blue Origin aims to launch its first two Moon missions by next year—with nearly no NASA payloads https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-226/
Utterly fascinated by dinosaurs—want to launch them to space https://journal.jatan.space/fascinated-by-dinosaurs/
May 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Utterly fascinated by dinosaurs—want to launch them to space https://journal.jatan.space/fascinated-by-dinosaurs/
Why Moon missions need their own Wikipedia and beyond https://jatan.space/a-registry-of-moon-missions/
May 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Why Moon missions need their own Wikipedia and beyond https://jatan.space/a-registry-of-moon-missions/
Moon Monday #225: Lots of global lunar mission updates 🌙 https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-225/
May 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Moon Monday #225: Lots of global lunar mission updates 🌙 https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-225/
China continues keen interest in engaging and inspiring the general public on Moon exploration https://moonmehta.jatan.space/posts/china-continues-keen-interest-in-engaging-and-inspiring-the-general-public-on-moon-exploration
May 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
China continues keen interest in engaging and inspiring the general public on Moon exploration https://moonmehta.jatan.space/posts/china-continues-keen-interest-in-engaging-and-inspiring-the-general-public-on-moon-exploration
ISRO continues optimizing the performance and production of its family of rockets https://moonmehta.jatan.space/posts/isro-continues-optimizing-the-performance-and-production-of-its-family-of-rockets
May 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
ISRO continues optimizing the performance and production of its family of rockets https://moonmehta.jatan.space/posts/isro-continues-optimizing-the-performance-and-production-of-its-family-of-rockets
The Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium in Bangalore is hosting a special series of six talks about science on and from the Moon tomorrow, May 12. I will highlight some notable science results from India’s Chandrayaan 2 and 3 missions. Details and free registration here: galaxyforum.org/galaxy-forum... 🚀
May 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium in Bangalore is hosting a special series of six talks about science on and from the Moon tomorrow, May 12. I will highlight some notable science results from India’s Chandrayaan 2 and 3 missions. Details and free registration here: galaxyforum.org/galaxy-forum... 🚀
Had fun moderating a rather stellar panel at GLEX on current themes and challenges in global Moon exploration. Watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/aL73wu8... 🚀🌙
May 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Had fun moderating a rather stellar panel at GLEX on current themes and challenges in global Moon exploration. Watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/aL73wu8... 🚀🌙
I’m honored to be moderating a fantastic panel on current themes in lunar exploration worldwide at the international Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX): www.iafastro.org/events/globa... 🚀🌗
If you’re attending GLEX in New Delhi, join us for the session on Friday, May 9.
If you’re attending GLEX in New Delhi, join us for the session on Friday, May 9.
May 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I’m honored to be moderating a fantastic panel on current themes in lunar exploration worldwide at the international Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX): www.iafastro.org/events/globa... 🚀🌗
If you’re attending GLEX in New Delhi, join us for the session on Friday, May 9.
If you’re attending GLEX in New Delhi, join us for the session on Friday, May 9.
India’s Chandrayaan 3 rover may or *may not* have stumbled upon the Moon’s mantle material: jatan.space/moon-monday-... 🌘🪨
May 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
India’s Chandrayaan 3 rover may or *may not* have stumbled upon the Moon’s mantle material: jatan.space/moon-monday-... 🌘🪨
Moon Monday #224: A curious find from Chandrayaan 3, Artemis updates, and more https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-224/
May 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Moon Monday #224: A curious find from Chandrayaan 3, Artemis updates, and more https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-224/
Indian Space Progress #27: Three months of mission updates, and fixing ISRO’s monthly summaries https://jatan.space/indian-space-issue-27/
May 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Indian Space Progress #27: Three months of mission updates, and fixing ISRO’s monthly summaries https://jatan.space/indian-space-issue-27/
Took my niece to the planetarium. She went around saying “amazing” for every space display that captivated her, especially during the sky theater show. 🌌
April 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Took my niece to the planetarium. She went around saying “amazing” for every space display that captivated her, especially during the sky theater show. 🌌
International researchers selected to study China’s Chang’e Moon samples, including US ones but without NASA funding. And more such interesting lunar updates from China’s National Space Day on April 24: jatan.space/moon-monday-...
April 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
International researchers selected to study China’s Chang’e Moon samples, including US ones but without NASA funding. And more such interesting lunar updates from China’s National Space Day on April 24: jatan.space/moon-monday-...