Moon landing
NASA announces $10b. contract for lunar cargo lander in push toward eventual long-term moon base
Among the companies in the running for the contract were Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman Space Systems, a company which also sells weapons to Israel.
SpaceX's Starship engine failure could cause problem for NASA's 2028 moon mission objectives
NASA finds some microbes could survive on moon, raising concerns over unintended life transfer
China to send astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing
Beijing tests lunar lander tasked with putting first Chinese on the moon
The lunar lander will be used to transport astronauts between the lunar orbit and the moon's surface, as well as serving as a living space, power source, and data center.
COVID-19 was a 'social experiment', Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer player claims
The soccer player, Eran Zehavi, admitted on the Ben Ben Baruch's Mojo podcast that he is a big conspiracy theorist.
US firm Firefly scores its first moon landing with Blue Ghost spacecraft
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lands on the moon, marking a major milestone in private lunar exploration.
Chinese scientists use lunar soil to produce water, state media reports
NASA head Bill Nelson has repeatedly raised the alarm about the rapid advances in China's space programme and the possibility of Beijing dominating the most resource-rich locations on the moon.
Odysseus moon lander likely has 10 to 20 hours of battery life left, company says
If losses hold, it would wipe most of Intuitive Machines's gains from last week after the first US touchdown on the lunar surface in more than half a century and a first by the private sector.
US achieves first moon landing in half century with private spacecraft
The proliferation of commercial space ventures has itself been driven by leaps in technology in recent decades.
Private US moon lander reaches lunar orbit ahead of touchdown attempt
In a first, a private American company's moon lander achieved lunar orbit.
Rock collected by Apollo 17 astronaut in 1972 reveals moon's age
The moon is about 40 million years older than previously thought
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.
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.
