Moon landing

NASA finds some microbes could survive on moon, raising concerns over unintended life transfer

New research led by NASA scientists looking at five forms of fungi and bacteria indicates that some of them indeed could survive for a time under certain conditions on the lunar surface

 A view of Earth, partially hidden by the Moon, photographed through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:40 p.m. EDT (22:40 GMT) April 6, 2026
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

 A large screen shows news footage of a Chinese national flag carried by Chang'e-6 probe's lander on the far side of the moon, in Beijing, China June 4, 2024

Beijing tests lunar lander tasked with putting first Chinese on the moon

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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 flight jacket fetches $2.8 million

Neil Armstrong and Aldrin were the first humans to walk on the moon. Aldrin, who is now 92, is the only surviving member of the mission's three-man crew.

 A view of a detail of Buzz Aldrin's flown inflight coverall jacket, worn by him on his mission to the Moon and back during Apollo 11, that was sold for $2,772,500 at Sotheby's, in New York City, U.S. July 21, 2022 in this screengrab from a video.

On This Day: One giant leap for mankind in 1969 Moon landing

Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the Moon eight years after Kennedy's appeal to Congress.

US astronaut Buzz Aldrin after he and fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first men to land on the Moon during the Apollo 11 space mission July 20, 1969.

Remember the rocket that crashed into the moon? It left a mark or two

NASA has discovered two small craters on the moon's surface resulting from the rocket crash.

A rocket body impacted the Moon on March 4, 2022, near Hertzsprung crater, creating a double crater roughly 28 meters wide in the longest dimension. LROC NAC M1407760984R; image enlarged 3x

NASA set to explore the mysterious volcanoes on the Moon

The Gruithuisen Domes are two lunar domes, a type of volcano, on the Moon thought to be formed with silicic lava. However, it is unknown how this could possibly form on the Moon.

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Israel, UAE to collaborate on Beresheet 2 moon mission

This is one of many new collaborations between the two countries following the signing of the Abraham Accords.

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Chinese astronauts land on Earth after China's longest crewed space mission

Barred by the United States from participating in the International Space Station (ISS) in orbit, China has spent the past decade developing technologies to build its own one.

 THE INTERNATIONAL Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking in 2018.

Jewish-American astronaut Jessica Meir may be first woman on the Moon

Jessica Meir will join the Artemis mission to the moon.

Jessica Meir prepares to be submerged in NASA's 6.2 million gallon Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory for spacewalk training.

Small country, big dreams: Israel’s moon lander 2.0

This is the inside story of Israel’s moon lander.

 Beresheet 1 sits inside a vacuum chamber

Israel, UAE sign historic space agreement

Israel’s Minister of Science, Technology and Space Orit Farkash, and the UAE’s Minister of State for Advanced Technology Sarah Al Amiri signed the historic agreement together.

 Israel’s Minister of Science, Technology and Space Orit Farkash (third to left) and the UAE’s Minister of State for Advanced Technology Sarah Al Amiri (third to right) pictured with SpaceILs chairman Morris Kahn (second to right) at the 2020 Expo Dubai

Israel, UAE to collaborate on Beresheet 2 space mission

After reaching a historic peace agreement with Israel just last year, the UAE will now have an opportunity to bring its space exploration program into the future.

The historic selfie image of Beresheet of the spacecraft approaching the lunar surface