Iran hopes to send an astronaut into space in the next five to six years.
Space is filled with deadly rocket debris and tons of human waste.
The successful landing marks its emergence as a space power as the government looks to spur investment in private space launches and related satellite-based businesses.
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.
The find could prove that volcanic activity on the moon didn't end 1 billion years ago, but may still be active today.
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.
"We do not have a problem", research on the red planet will continue after a malfunction called it into question.
Russia's moon mission failed after the Luna-25 spacecraft slammed into the moon.
The nature of the "emergency situation" and how it may impact the lander's landing on the moon is as of yet unclear.
Keisha Schahaff, who is married to an Israeli husband, and her 18-year-old daughter, Ana Mayers, wore the flags of Scotland and Israel on their suits.
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