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Lunar Operations Field Guide: Lunar Designated Areas
Lunar Operations Field Guide: Lunar Designated Areas

This operations guide explores real-world scenarios at high-interest lunar sites, applying a novel three-ring safety area framework with a special focus on nuclear FSP integration. It offers actionable tools and policy insights for safe, collaborative exploration and resource management. 

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Lunar PNT: Enabling a Resilient and Accessible PNT Infrastructure for Lunar Exploration
Lunar PNT: Enabling a Resilient and Accessible PNT Infrastructure for Lunar Exploration

This White Paper explores Lunar PNT: Enabling a Resilient and Accessible PNT Infrastructure for Lunar Exploration

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Payload(Bay) X: A Modular Approach to Sustainable Lunar Operations
Payload(Bay) X: A Modular Approach to Sustainable Lunar Operations

This paper explores the potential of the Payload(Bay) X concept to advance progress towards sustaining a permanent human presence on the Moon.


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Designated Lunar Areas
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Environmental Stewardship, Resource Management, Regulatory
Designated Lunar Areas
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Environmental Stewardship, Resource Management, Regulatory

Exploring an open-access model(s) that facilitates inclusive, peaceful exploration and development in line with Articles I and II of the Outer Space Treat.

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Environmental Stewardship, Resource Management, Regulatory
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)
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Information Sharing, Shared Infrastructure
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)
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Information Sharing, Shared Infrastructure

Working to enable more reliable PNT services to support the growing need within lunar missions.

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Information Sharing, Shared Infrastructure
Payload X
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Shared Infrastructure
Payload X
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Shared Infrastructure

Working to advance sustainable lunar habitation through innovative life support systems.

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Shared Infrastructure
Lunar Power Standards
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Shared Infrastructure, Open Standards
Lunar Power Standards
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Shared Infrastructure, Open Standards

Working to accelerate lunar development through standardized power solutions

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Shared Infrastructure, Open Standards
Lunar Accidents, Incidents, and Issues Reporting System
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Shared Infrastructure, Information Sharing
Lunar Accidents, Incidents, and Issues Reporting System
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Shared Infrastructure, Information Sharing

Working to ensure safe and sustainable Lunar operations through a safety reporting system

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Shared Infrastructure, Information Sharing
Community Payload Guidelines
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Governance, Environmental Stewardship
Community Payload Guidelines
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Governance, Environmental Stewardship

Working to establish ethical standards for lunar payloads, promoting responsible space exploration.

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Governance, Environmental Stewardship
Cooperative Lunar Landing Pads
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Shared Infrastructure
Cooperative Lunar Landing Pads
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Shared Infrastructure

Working to enable sustainable lunar exploration through collaborative landing infrastructure.

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Shared Infrastructure
Lunar Timekeeping
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Information Sharing, Open Standards
Lunar Timekeeping
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Information Sharing, Open Standards

Working to explore establishing  lunar time standardization for enhanced space navigation and mission coordination.

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Information Sharing, Open Standards
A Global Registry of Lunar Objects and Activities
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Information Sharing, Shared Infrastructure
A Global Registry of Lunar Objects and Activities
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Information Sharing, Shared Infrastructure

Working to enhance lunar mission coordination through transparent tracking and reporting of space objects and activities.

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Information Sharing, Shared Infrastructure
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Lunar Ledger Launches with Industry Partners to Advance Transparency on the Moon
Press Release
Press Release
Lunar Ledger Launches with Industry Partners to Advance Transparency on the Moon
Press Release
Press Release

The Open Lunar Foundation has launched the Lunar Ledger, the world’s first open-access database of lunar missions and surface activities. Announced at the International Astronautical Congress in Sydney, the launch marked the signing of new cooperation agreements with founding commercial partners Firefly Aerospace, ispace, and Astrolab. Together, these early adopters have committed to sharing mission data through the Ledger — a major step toward transparency, coordination, and responsible lunar operations as activity on and around the Moon accelerates.

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Press Release
The case for India and China to exchange lunar samples from Chang’e and Chandrayaan
Lunar News
The case for India and China to exchange lunar samples from Chang’e and Chandrayaan
Lunar News

India’s upcoming Chandrayaan-4 mission aims to return lunar samples from the Moon’s south pole, positioning the country to join the global community of sample-return missions led recently by China’s Chang’e program. The article discusses how scientists could actively engage in studying Chang’e samples now, both to gain scientific benefits and to prepare for international collaboration and potential sample exchanges once Chandrayaan-4 succeeds.

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Lunar News
We’re building future technologies for the Moon without closing missed milestones
Lunar News
We’re building future technologies for the Moon without closing missed milestones
Lunar News

A review of upcoming and past lunar missions of this decade shows a wide gap between notions of technological progress versus achieved reality.

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Lunar News