Moon Landing

Moon Landing

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

Artemis capsule boost puts astronauts moon-bound for record-breaking journey

The successful maneuver ‌put the crew on a path to enter the moon's sphere of gravitational influence by Sunday morning, as they prepare to beat the distance record set by Apollo 13 in 1970.

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

Illustration: Duniya Jahan/ TBS

Forget Katy Perry, here’s Bangladesh’s Ruthba Yasmin shooting for the moon

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander as the primary payload and Japan-based ispace's Resilience lander as a secondary payload, from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, 15 January 2025. REUTERS/Steve Nesius

US firm Firefly makes its first moon landing with uncrewed Blue Ghost spacecraft

A large screen shows news footage of China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe collecting a sample from the far side of the moon, in Beijing, China June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Carrying lunar rocks, Chinese probe lifts off from far side of moon

The Chang'e 6 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket combination sit atop the launch pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan province, China May 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Baptista

China's Chang'e-6 probe lifts off from far side of moon

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lunar lander captures a wide field of view image of Schomberger crater on the Moon, in this handout picture released February 23, 2024. Intuitive Machines/Handout via REUTERS

Moon lander Odysseus tipped sideways on lunar surface but 'alive and well'

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus spacecraft passes over the near side of the Moon following lunar orbit insertion on February 21, 2024, in this handout image released February 22, 2024. Intuitive Machines/Handout via REUTERS

US achieves first moon landing in half century with private spacecraft

An illustration of Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) in a possible position on the moon. Photo: JAXA

Japan makes first moon landing with precision space probe

Astrobotic had been targeting a lunar landing on Feb. 23, following a roundabout, fuel-efficient flight to the moon. Photo: Collected

Fuel leak forces US company to abandon moon landing attempt

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

Photo: Reuters

Moon rover exits India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft to explore lunar surface

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. Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS

Countries that have successfully soft landed on moon