Japan's 'moon sniper' to test precision landing – and Tokyo's space ambitions
The mission is meant to demonstrate Japan's ability to put a lightweight, low-cost craft on the moon within 100m of a designated landing site using an advanced visual navigation system.
Crashed Russian mission left a crater on the moon, Nasa images show
Luna-25, Russia's first moon mission in 47 years, failed on Aug 19 when it spun out of control and crashed into the moon, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space programme.
Japan suspends launch of rocket carrying moon lander because of winds
The rocket is carrying Jaxa's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, which would be the first Japanese spacecraft to land on the moon.
Why are countries racing to the moon's heavily cratered south pole?
Scientists are interested in pockets of ancient ice because they could provide a record of lunar volcanoes, material that comets and asteroids delivered to Earth, and the origin of oceans.
Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lands on the moon in 'victory cry of a new India'
Scientists and officials clapped, cheered and hugged each other as the spacecraft landed and people across India broke out in celebration, setting off firecrackers and dancing in the streets.
India counts down to crucial moon landing
India's mission - Chandrayaan means 'moon vehicle' in Hindi and Sanskrit - is its second attempt to land there.
India's boom, Russia's crunch: how money is shaping a new space race
The seemingly sudden competition to get to a previously unexplored region of the moon recalls the space race of the 1960s, when the US and the Soviet Union competed.
Japan firm fails in bid for historic moon landing
It says it is currently developing two further attempts to land on the lunar surface and the setback will not change that.
Pacific solar eclipse dazzles stargazers
Parts of Australia, Indonesia and East Timor were plunged into daytime darkness, delighting curious onlookers.
Partial solar eclipse underway
Visibility will depend on weather conditions.
Buzz Aldrin, second man on the Moon, marries on 93rd birthday
The US astronaut is the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 mission, during which he and Neil Armstrong become the first people to set foot on the Moon, on July 20, 1969.
Nasa's Orion capsule returns to Earth, capping Artemis I flight around moon
The splashdown capped a 25-day mission after passing about 127km above the moon in a lunar fly-by, and came about after reaching its farthest point in space, nearly 434,500km from Earth.
