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A full moon is seen over Mexico City, Mexico, April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero

On this day in 1965: Soviet Luna 5 crashed into Moon in failed soft-landing attempt

While the mission failed to achieve its primary goal of a soft landing, it remains a significant milestone in the 'Race to the Moon' as the second Soviet spacecraft to ever reach the...

The Artemis II crew capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean in this screengrab from a livestream video after the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon, April 10, 2026. Photo: NASA/Handout via REUTERS

Artemis II astronauts safely back on Earth after historic trip around moon

Engineers and technicians monitor the Artemis 2 mission from the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo: BSS/AFP

Artemis mission shares office space – and physics – with Apollo

NASA's Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, comprising of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, April 1, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Joe Skipper

How Nasa's Artemis II moon mission will unfold

NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission, with the next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion crew capsule, sits on Pad 39B ahead of the launch of the Artemis II mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

'Going for all humanity': Nasa launches 4 astronauts on first crewed moon mission in half a century

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Japan's SLIM probe regains power more than a week after landing

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Vikram Lander to wake up today? What we know about Phase-2 of Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan 3: Pragyan rover clicks Vikram lander on Wednesday morning.

Indian Space Research Organisation aims to revive lander, rover during lunar sunrise

Live telecast of soft landing of Vikram module of Chandrayaan 2 on lunar surface, in Bengaluru on September 7, 2019/Hindustan Times

Indian rover confirms sulphur on Moon's south pole

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Chandrayaan 3: ISRO shares images of Moon's far side

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, in this still image from video taken August 11, 2023. Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS

Russia launches lunar lander in race to find water on moon

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, in this still image from video taken August 11, 2023. Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS

Russia to launch first moon lander since 1976 in race with Indian spacecraft

SpaceX's prototype Starship rocket for Nasa's Artemis 3 mission

NASA may delay crewed lunar landing beyond Artemis 3 mission