The Moon Colonization

Science from the Moon

Maintained by Jean Schneider - Paris Observatory

jean.schneider@obspm.fr

Update 14 April 2025
A general presentations
update 17 March 2025
L'Astronomie depuis la Lune

Outreach
14 Aprl 2025

TUIMP: Astronomy from the Moon

Past and current missions
Update 10 March 2025

15 January 2025: Blue Ghost
15 January 2025: Ispace
03 May 2024:Chang'e 6
23 March 2024: Intuitive Machines IM-1
14 February 2024: Odysseous
8 January 2024: Peregrine Astrobotic
14 July 2023: Chandrayaan-3 India

Scheduled missions
Update 27 February 2025

2027: IM-4
2032: South Korean lander

Telescopes and detectors
Update 6 February 2025

Lunar Ultraviolet Telescope

Articles
Update 21 March 2025

Low-frequency technology for a lunar interferometer’ Adami et al.
Published on Feb 07, 2024 The Lunar Pole - A Uniquely Powerful Site for UVOIR Astronomy Angel
A 600 m2 array of 6.5 m telescopes at the lunar pole R. Angel
Modes of the Dark Ages 21 cm field accessible to a lunar radio interferometer Ph. Bull et al.
Transformative science from the lunar farside: observations of the dark ages and exoplanetary systems at low radio frequencies’ Burns et al.
Large-scale array for radio astronomy on the farside (LARAF) X. Chen et al.
Opportunities and limits of lunar gravitational-wave detection A. Cozzumbo et al.
High-energy particle observations from the Moon I. Dandouras et al.
Cosmic mysteries and the hydrogen 21-cm line: bridging the gap with lunar observations A. Fialkov et al.
X-ray astronomy from the lunar surface P. Gandhi
Results from NASA's First Radio Telescope on the Moon: Terrestrial Technosignatures and the Low-Frequency Galactic Background Observed by ROLSES-1 Onboard the Odysseus Lander Hibbard et al.
The lunar dust environment: concerns for Moon-based astronomy M. Horanyi et al.
Potential and perils: paths to protecting lunar sites of extraordinary scientific importance (SESIs) for astronomy before it is too late A. Krolikovski et al.
Modelling science return from the lunar crater radio telescope on the far side of the moon D. Pisanti et al.
Astronomy from the Moon: From Exoplanets to Cosmology in Visible Light and Beyond J. Schneider et al.
OWL-MOON: Very high resolution spectro-imaging and Earth-Moon interferometry: exoplanets to cosmology J. Schneider et al.
OWL-Moon in 2050 and Beyond J. Schneider et al.
Astronomy from the Moon: the next decades (part 2) J. Silk et al.

Conferences
Update 6 February 2025

Lunar Scientific Exploration: Plans and Preparations

Space Agencies
Update 6 February 2025

Bahrein Space Agency
Update 17 March 2025

National Space Science Agency (NSSA)

Canadian Space Agency
Update 6 February 2025

Moon Exploration

Chinese National Space Administration
Update 6 February 2025

CNSA Site

Egypt Space Agency
Update 17 March 2025

LunaHC

ESA Update 28 January 2025

ESA Lunar Ideas 2022

Companies
Update 6 February 2025

Astrobotics

Organizations
Update 12 March 2025

Lunar Exploration Analysis Group
International Lunar Observatory Association