Dr. Susan Kaye Quinn, Speculative Fiction Author and Payload Coordinator for Writers on the Moon
On March 3rd, I packed up our Writers on the Moon payload–a duplicate from Peregrine–and sent it off to Astrobotic to be included in the Moonbox aboard Griffin Mission One! Since our original payload burned up in the atmosphere, I had to get new SD… Read More »Our Payload for Griffin Mission One has Shipped to Astrobotic
Our Moonbox is manifested on Griffin Mission One I got the official email from Astrobotic today: Hello Lunar Pioneer, Thank you for joining us in making history! Your decision to send a keepsake to the Moon with MoonBox™ is more than a gesture—it’s a leap… Read More »WOTM Officially Manifested on Griffin Mission One
Friends, I figured an update was in order, given Astrobotic was tweeting this out. First, you probably recall that I’ve purchased another payload through Astrobotic, to try again to send our Writers on the Moon payload to the moon through the Moonbox program — the… Read More »Rough Times at Astrobotic
Heartwarming Story with a Twist Writers on the Moon’s own Jennifer Willis wrote a beautiful article about Peregrine and WOTM for Sky & Telescope. Astrobotic’s CEO John Thornton shared it with the Astrobots. Hubby: Do you know Jennifer Willis?ME: I sent you that in an… Read More »Writers on the Moon in Sky & Telescope
Astrobotic has upgraded their marketing materials since last time I bought a payload. As I mentioned before (details below), I’ve purchased another MoonBox payload. That doesn’t mean there will actually be a mission (or that it will be on the Griffin lander), but at least… Read More »Griffin Payload Materials
I’ve purchased another MoonBox payload from Astrobotic. That being said, there are caveats. CAVEAT 1: The MoonBox payload is for “a future mission” with Astrobotic and there are zero details about what that mission might be… mostly because Astrobotic does not know. There has been… Read More »A New Payload Slot With Astrobotic
Just got this email from Astrobotic:(TL;DR our Writers on the Moon payload will return to Earth) Dear DHL MoonBox Customers, Please see below an important update on the Peregrine Mission One’s status. We will be announcing this status update publicly this evening. I’d like to… Read More »Destination: Earth
Lots of donuts and 10,000 words of support from Writers on the Moon, hand-delivered to Astrobotic this morning. THANK YOU to everyone who sent their messages of support. Peace, Love, and Little Donuts is a local favorite of the Astrobotic crew, and I know your… Read More »Sending Peace, Love and Little Donuts to Astrobotic
The Launch was Flawless… but Peregrine had trouble and will NOT be landing on the Moon (nor our Writers on the Moon payload) If you didn’t follow the launch on Discord or the follow-up in the FB Group, you missed an Apollo 13-like nail-biter where… Read More »Spectacular Launch… and then Heartbreak
COUNTDOWN TO LAUNCH Monday January 8th, 2:18am EST I’m taking a nap today so I can stay up for the launch! There is nothing not cool about this piece of paper. The imminent launch has me thinking back to the beginning… The instant I was… Read More »Some Final Thoughts…