The moon

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage to crash into Moon at seven times the speed of sound

The impact will occur on the side of the Moon facing Earth and could raise a cloud of dust and rock fragments that may remain visible through sensitive telescopes for several minutes.

|ByDR. ITAY GAL
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) and Mission Extension Pods (MEPs) launches from Space Force Station's Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 21, 2026.
Shining: Moon rises behind the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.

Parashat Pinchas: What Joshua learned from Moses about true leadership

We often encounter people who seem to be pursuing the very same path on which we hope to succeed, and naturally, we may sometimes fear that their success will diminish our own opportunities.

|ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from the city of Ashkelon, Israel, October 9, 2023.

From Iron Dome to the final frontier: Hilla Haddad Chmelnik on Israel's defense legacy and the race

Moonshot Space CEO Hilla Haddad Chmelnik wants Israel to become the “FedEx to space” using kinetic launch technology.

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A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert, in northwest China on October 31, 2025. A new crew took off for China's Tiangong space station on October 31.

China to send astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing

The Shenzhou-23 vessel is scheduled to launch using the Long March-2F Y23 carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, with three Chinese astronauts on board.

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India's Chandrayaan-3 lander detects 'moonquake' during two week mission

Electrical signals are generated when tremors cause springs within the machinery to move, allowing the scientists to construct models of what has occurred.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Arun Haryani, an enthusiast with his body painted in tri-colours reacts as he holds up a model of LVM3 M4 which was used in launching of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the eve of its moon landing, in Ahmedabad, India, August 22, 2023.

Mission accomplished, India puts moon rover to 'sleep'

Now India is hoping for the success of a probe launched on Saturday to study the sun, observing solar winds that can cause disturbance on Earth commonly seen as auroras.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023ByREUTERS
A picture taken from the camera of the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 shows the Zeeman crater located on the far side of the moon, August 17, 2023

Rare 'blue supermoon' rises over Israel, won't return until 2037

The blue supermoon is the brightest and the largest full moon of 2023.

AUGUST 30, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A supermoon hangs in the night sky.

Rare 'blue supermoon' to rise this week, won't return until 2037

The coming full moon will be the brightest and the largest of 2023.

AUGUST 26, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The blue moon as seen in the sky, August 30, 2023

Netanyahu congratulates Indian PM on successful moon landing

India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully landed on the moon on Wednesday.

AUGUST 24, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi

Chandrayaan-3 lands on moon in historic moment for India

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.

AUGUST 23, 2023ByREUTERS
A view of the moon as viewed by the Chandrayaan-3 lander during Lunar Orbit Insertion on August 5, 2023 in this screengrab from a video released August 6, 2023.

What did China's rover discover hidden under the moon's surface? - study

The find could prove that volcanic activity on the moon didn't end 1 billion years ago, but may still be active today.

AUGUST 21, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A picture taken from the camera of the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 shows the Zeeman crater located on the far side of the moon, August 17, 2023

Russia's Luna-25 smashes into moon in failure

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

AUGUST 20, 2023ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with a Fregat upper stage and the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 blasts off from a launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, August 11, 2023.

Russia's lunar lander hit by unspecified 'emergency situation'

The nature of the "emergency situation" and how it may impact the lander's landing on the moon is as of yet unclear.

AUGUST 20, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
Specialists take part in preparations ahead of the launch of the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 mission to search for ice near the south pole of the moon, at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur region, Russia, in this handout photo published August 1, 2023.

Russia launches lunar lander in race to find water on moon

The Russian lunar mission, the first since 1976, is racing against India, which launched its Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander last month, and more broadly with the United States and China.

AUGUST 11, 2023ByREUTERS
US Cygnus and Russian Soyuz spaceships