This International Moon Day learn and share how countries worldwide have explored our stellar cosmic companion

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In 2021, the United Nations proclaimed July 20th as International Moon Day, via the resolution 76/76 on “international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space”. Some key goals of the day are to promote awareness about our Moon’s unique scientific and cultural importance as well as how countries worldwide are exploring it. To that end, I present a curated webpage of linked, free resources for people from all backgrounds to learn about our Moon as well as dive into specific exploration themes from the past to the present. Of course, for regular Moon Monday readers, every Monday is International Moon Day. 🌝<br>Note: You can also click on the images to open the respective links. (Since this is a visual browsing page, image credits are inside the links.)<br>Look up to our Moon<br>Why explore our Moon Our Moon is valuable even beyond itself ✨ Luna Sights – A visual tour of our Moon, at scales big and small Book: Our Moon, by Rebecca Boyle Science facts from simply watching the Moon 🌕<br>NASA’s Moon page 🌙<br>Programs and global progress<br>How the Apollo missions transformed our understanding of the Moon’s origin Artemis II flew four astronauts around the Moon The Soviet Luna landings Curated Apollo stories 🧑🏻‍🚀<br>Experience Apollo in real time ⏱️<br>Deep dive into India’s Chandrayaan Moon missions KPLO, South Korea’s first Moon mission Blue Ghost 1, the first successful private Moon lander China’s lunar leaps and fetched samples JAXA’s SLIM lander sparked an era of precision landings How engineers test Moon landers on Earth How India-US and India-Japan have collaborated to select lunar landing sites Global lunar activities in 2026 🌗<br>Moon missions worldwide in 2025 🌕<br>2024 lunar exploration rundown 🌙<br>Lunar science<br>How NASA and India discovered water on the Moon Moon mountains are a marvel of instant formation Visualizing a new Moon based on scientific discoveries by China’s Chang’e 6 mission Ultimate guide to water on the Moon and permanently shadowed regions How China’s Chang’e 7 mission will comprehensively study lunar polar water ESA’s Library of Lunar Science 🔭<br>Lunar poetry<br>An ode to our Moon 🌙<br>Selene, smashed not shattered 💥<br>Back to the Moon..<br>Don’t screw up the Moon :/<br>The dawn of your light 🌕<br>Fascinated by our Moon?<br>To track and understand how countries worldwide are exploring our Moon, follow my space blog for free and join 12000+ readers. You can subscribe via email:

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