Monthly updates from the frontier of lunar resource extraction and the cis-lunar economy.
NASA cancels SLS Block 1B, inserts a new LEO docking mission as Artemis 3, and pushes the first crewed landing to 2028. The logic: fly more, take smaller steps, beat China.
Lunar Dispatch #5NASA's Artemis II rocket rolls out to Kennedy Space Center as a March 6 launch approaches. Plus: Interlune secures NASA excavator contract, China's Chang'e 7 takes shape, and ISRO picks its south pole landing site.
Lunar Dispatch #4A record six lunar landing attempts in 2025 reshaped the industry. We look back at what worked, what crashed, and what it means for the mining timeline.
Lunar Dispatch #3As nations race to the lunar south pole, the absence of clear international mining rules becomes urgent. Plus: SpaceX and Blue Origin reveal competing lunar lander designs.
Lunar Dispatch #2Interlune unveils its full-scale Helium-3 harvester prototype. We examine who's building the picks and shovels for the lunar gold rush — and who's buying.
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