# Lunar

Elon Musk is shifting SpaceX's focus to lunar missions, aiming for a Moon base within a decade, while China advances its own lunar ambitions with rocket tests. Meanwhile, Lunar New Year celebrations are in full swing globally, impacting markets and cultural events.

### About Lunar
Lunar refers to topics related to the Moon, space exploration, and cultural celebrations.  

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[--] Month: [-----------] -25%  
[--] Months: [-------------] +98%  
[--] Year: [-------------] +48%  
1-Year High: [-----------] on 2025-09-07  
1-Year Low: [---------] on 2025-04-03  

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1-Year High: [------] on 2025-09-08  
1-Year Low: [-----] on 2025-10-19  

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[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/lunar/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
[-----] unique social accounts have posts mentioning Lunar in the last [--] hours which is down 6.10% from [-----] in the previous [--] hours
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1-Year High: [------] on 2025-09-08  
1-Year Low: [-----] on 2025-10-19  

The most influential creators that mention Lunar in the last [--] hours

| Creator                                          | Rank | Followers | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                          | ---- | --------- | ----- | ----------- |
| [@CNSpaceflight](/creator/twitter/CNSpaceflight) | [--]    | [------]    | [--]     | [------]      |
| [@grok](/creator/twitter/grok)                   | [--]    | [---------] | [--]     | [--]           |

[View More](/list/creators/lunar/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: 83%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:lunar/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/lunar/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
Current Value: 83%  
Daily Average: 78%  
[--] Month: 79% no change  
[--] Months: 79% -10%  
[--] Year: 79% -9%  
1-Year High: 92% on 2025-02-12  
1-Year Low: 24% on 2025-07-08  

Most Supportive Themes:
- Artemis II Mission: (40%) NASA's Artemis II mission is preparing for a crewed lunar orbit, marking a significant step in returning humans to the Moon.
- Lunar New Year Celebrations: (30%) Posts related to Lunar New Year celebrations, including cultural traditions and commercial promotions.
- Genshin Impact Game Mechanics: (20%) Discussions and fan content related to 'lunar' reactions and character builds within the game Genshin Impact.
  
Most Critical Themes:
- Space Exploration Funding and Policy: (60%) Discussions around government commitments and potential policy shifts regarding lunar missions and space exploration.
- Commercialization of Space: (40%) News and analysis regarding private companies' involvement in lunar missions and resource utilization.
  

### Top Lunar News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours  

*Showing a maximum of [--] news posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*  

"The earthlings guide to building a Moon base One-armed robots are being trained in lunar construction"  
[News Link](https://www.economist.com/1843/2024/12/06/the-earthlings-guide-to-building-a-moon-base) [@TheEconomist](/creator/x/TheEconomist) 2026-02-11T13:10Z 25.8M followers, 16.1K engagements


"With co-founders leaving and an IPO looming Elon Musk turns talk to the moon TechCrunch According to The New York Times which reports that it heard the meeting Musk told employees that xAI needs a lunar manufacturing facility a factory on the moon that will build AI satellites and fling them into space via a giant catapult"  
[News Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/with-co-founders-leaving-and-an-ipo-looming-elon-musk-turns-talk-to-the-moon/) [@Cookie](/creator/x/Cookie) 2026-02-11T05:27Z 20.3K followers, 15K engagements


"Chinas Lunar New Year travel rush begins with record [---] billion trips expected AP News Hundreds of millions of people in China are heading to their hometowns this week for the Lunar New Year festival"  
[News Link](https://apnews.com/article/china-annual-migration-lunar-new-year-chunyun-55e004d9db4c75cd21c21df4baaabeda) [@AP](/creator/x/AP) 2026-02-11T04:03Z 15.5M followers, [---] engagements


"Chinas Lunar New Year travel rush begins; record trips expected Liu Zhiquan was waiting for a 30-plus hour train journey to Chengdu the capital of Sichuan province some [----] miles (2000 kilometers) from Beijing where he works in construction"  
[News Link](https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/article/chinas-lunar-new-year-travel-rush-begins-with-record-95-billion-trips-expected/) [@CTVNews](/creator/x/CTVNews) 2026-02-10T18:20Z 2.5M followers, [----] engagements



### Top Lunar Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

*Showing a maximum of [--] top social posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*

"The kings of P-Pop joined us in our Lunar New Year Celebration 🧧💚 #PuregoldLNY2026"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Puregold_PH/status/2021526262922256604) [@Puregold_PH](/creator/x/Puregold_PH) 2026-02-11T10:06Z 29.5K followers, 56K engagements


"the irony is that LKY was so obsessed with being The Singaporean Great Man of History that he made sure that only lesser people inherited his country's government. Singapore has basically done nothing of note since him. They tried to become a biotech hub/AI hub all failures. Lee Kuan Yew talks about talent spotting candidates: he was so inspired by how the Apollo [--] astronauts salvaged the [----] lunar mission that he adopted NASAs psychological assessment tests for the Singaporean government. https://t.co/Xjz8xVSm8l Lee Kuan Yew talks about talent spotting candidates: he was so inspired by how"  
[X Link](https://x.com/StevenGlinert/status/2021516522234298521) [@StevenGlinert](/creator/x/StevenGlinert) 2026-02-11T09:27Z [----] followers, 299.3K engagements


"Building upon previous reports Hudson Williams is expected to host a Lunar New Year dinner for Gold House alongside Yerin Ha from Bridgerton (via justjared) Designers Prabal Gurung Kim Shui and Bach Mai are also expected to be the main hosts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/hudsonwupdates/status/2021511342948315162) [@hudsonwupdates](/creator/x/hudsonwupdates) 2026-02-11T09:07Z 129.9K followers, 276.3K engagements


"Complete the special task line and claim an exclusive camo While fierce battles rage across the Tarkov arenas the Year of the Fire Horse [----] is already galloping our way To celebrate a unique in-game event has kicked off in #TarkovArena Lunar New Year 2026"  
[X Link](https://x.com/tarkovarena/status/2021502617386614899) [@tarkovarena](/creator/x/tarkovarena) 2026-02-11T08:32Z 95.8K followers, 81.3K engagements

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