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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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Join the Open Lunar Team as Development Director
Open Lunar Updates
Join the Open Lunar Team as Development Director
Open Lunar Updates

Read more about our recent Development Director posting and what our team is looking for.

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Open Lunar Updates
Achievements and shortfalls in global lunar exploration in 2025
Lunar News
Achievements and shortfalls in global lunar exploration in 2025
Lunar News

Here’s a comprehensive, curated, and contextualized linked list of lunar technology and science developments across 2025, organized by country or region. There is also a section on progressive cooperative & collaborative international efforts—because these are the gems we need more of—as well as a section discussing shortcomings in the same. If someone asks you what’s happening at the Moon, say all of this is.

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Hong Kong engages international planetary scientists with a lunar samples symposium
Lunar News
Hong Kong engages international planetary scientists with a lunar samples symposium
Lunar News

A volcano of new results which have improved our understanding of our cosmic companion.

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Lunar News