moon landing

Private US moon lander reaches lunar orbit ahead of touchdown attempt

In a first, a private American company's moon lander achieved lunar orbit.

By REUTERS
21/02/2024

Rock collected by Apollo 17 astronaut in 1972 reveals moon's age

The moon is about 40 million years older than previously thought

By REUTERS
23/10/2023

Russia pinpoints cause of moon shot failure, looks to bring next missions forward

The Kremlin has played down the failure of the mission, saying Russia will continue to pursue ambitious plans in space.

By REUTERS
03/10/2023

Crashed Russian mission left a crater on the moon, NASA images show

Though many moon missions fail, the crash underscored the decline of Russia's space power since the glory days of Cold War competition.

By REUTERS
01/09/2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at

Netanyahu's judicial reform is as reckless as Russia's war on Ukraine - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Financial markets say that the prudent Netanyahu they once knew has – like Putin’s spacecraft – lost his way and ceased to exist.

Why are space agencies racing to the Moon's south pole?

In 2009 water was discovered on the surface of the Moon's south pole. Now a new space race has developed to be the first to access these frozen reserves.

By REUTERS
22/08/2023

Moon landing anticipation builds for India after Russia's crash

A successful mission would make India only the fourth country to successfully land on the moon, after the former USSR, the United States and China.

By REUTERS
21/08/2023

Russia's Luna-25 smashes into moon in failure

Russia's moon mission failed after the Luna-25 spacecraft slammed into the moon.

20/08/2023

Israeli Beresheet 2 Moon mission in jeopardy after losing biggest donors

The withdrawal of donations is not related to SpaceIL or the Beresheet 2 mission to the Moon. However, the organization needs to find new sources of cash to maintain momentum.

15/05/2023

Scientists find a way to extract oxygen from Moon soil - NASA

An experiment by scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center successfully extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil.

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