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China lunar probe takes off from Moon carrying samples

BEIJING, June 4, 2024 (AFP) - A module of a Chinese lunar probe successfully took off from the far side…

China to launch first probe to return samples from Moon’s far side

By Hector Retamal with Qian Ye WENCHANG, China, May 3, 2024 (AFP) - China is set Friday to launch a…

What do scientists hope to learn from total solar eclipse in US?

By Lucie AUBOURG WASHINGTON, April 7, 2024 (AFP) - When a rare total solar eclipse sweeps across North America on…

Japan attempts to revive Moon lander after second lunar night

TOKYO, March 26, 2024 (AFP) - Japan's space agency said on Tuesday it will try to revive its Moon lander…

Japan Moon lander put to sleep after surviving lunar night

TOKYO, March 2, 2024 (AFP) - Japan's Moon lander has been put back to sleep after it surprisingly survived the…

America returns spaceship to the Moon, a private sector first

By Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, Feb 23, 2024 (AFP) - For the first time since the Apollo era, an American spaceship…

Odysseus lands on Moon’s south pole; first private lunar landing achieved

By Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, Feb 23, 2024 (AFP) - A Houston-based company has landed America's first spaceship on the Moon…

Commercial US spaceship hours from attempted Moon landing

By Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, Feb 22, 2024 (AFP) - A Houston-based company is set Thursday to land America's first spaceship…

SpaceX rocket blasts off with ambitious private moon landing

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, United States, Feb 15, 2024 (AFP) - A US spaceship attempting a lunar landing lifted off early…

Japan craft made successful pin-point Moon landing, space agency says

By Kyoko HASEGAWA TOKYO, Jan 25, 2024 (AFP) - Japan's "Moon Sniper" craft made a pin-point lunar landing despite last-minute…

Japan says ‘possibility’ Moon lander power can be restored

TOKYO, Jan 22, 2024 (AFP) - Japan switched off its Moon lander almost three hours after a historic touchdown to…

Japan ‘Moon Sniper’ lands but ‘not generating power’

By Natsuko Fukue and Katie Forster TOKYO, Jan 19, 2024 (AFP) - Japan on Saturday became only the fifth nation…

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