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China

Watch: China releases video showing far side of the moon

The Chang'e-4 probe landed on January 3. It was the first to ever land on the dark side of the moon.

11/01/2019

World News

Lunar eclipse 'Blood Moon' coming soon and is last one until 2021

A total lunar eclipse will be visible in western Europe on January 21.

09/01/2019

China

China lands rover on dark side of the moon

China becomes first nation to land rover on dark side of the moon

03/01/2019

USA

NASA to privatise lunar deliveries, use moon as gateway to Mars

NASA has selected nine American companies to develop technologies for lunar deliveries launched from Earth.

30/11/2018

USA

5-kilo lunar meteorite ‘The Moon Puzzle’ up for auction

The rare meteorite, which was discovered in northwest Africa, has been dubbed the largest chunk of moon rock ever put up for auction.

16/10/2018

World

Astronomers may have found first moon outside Earth's Solar System

Astronomers believe they may have found the first compelling evidence for a moon outside of our Solar System - orbiting a gigantic planet 8,000 light years from Earth.

04/10/2018

World

NASA reaches landmark 60th anniversary

NASA, America's Space Agency, started operating exactly 60 years ago today - 1st October, 1958. And little over a decade after its founding, it put men on the moon for the first time.

01/10/2018

World News

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to become first space tourist

Maezawa is scheduled to travel to the Moon in 2023 on board SpaceX's Big Falcon Rocket.

18/09/2018

World

SpaceX reveals identity of first private passenger on moon flight

SpaceX revealed the identity of the first private passenger who has signed up to go to the moon.

18/09/2018

World News

Musk’s SpaceX signs up first private passenger to fly around the moon

The company will reveal who is flying and why on Monday.

14/09/2018

World News

Missed the lunar eclipse? Take a look at our photo gallery

Missed the lunar eclipse? Take a look at our photo gallery.

27/07/2018

World News

Skywatchers ready for 'blood moon'

Skywatchers ready for 'blood moon'

27/07/2018

World News

Total lunar eclipse on July 27: What you need to know

The longest total lunar eclipse of the century will take place on July 27 and Europe is in prime position to admire the spectacle.

23/07/2018

United Kingdom

Giant moon disappears en route to Austria

A British artist has launched a social media campaign to find his 7-metre replica of the moon, which disappeared in the post.

22/07/2018

World News

Privately-funded 'mission to the moon' to celebrate Apollo 11 anniversary

A privately-funded space exploration mission to launch in 2019 and to land on the moon will carry a time capsule about humanity and Earth.

19/04/2018

World News

Rocket fuel inventor dies aged 107

The developer of a space fuel based on liquid hydrogen which made moon flights possible, Barys Kit, has died at the age of 107. The Belarusian-American rocket scientist was one of the world’s oldest men

03/02/2018

World News

Super blue blood moon: What it means and where to watch it

The lunar trifecta will coincide for the first time in more than 150 years.

31/01/2018

Next Series

The Super Blue Blood Moon is coming

NASA is urging sky watchers to step outside on January 31st for a look at what the space agency is calling a "lunar trifecta"

28/01/2018

USA

John Young, US astronaut and space shuttle commander, dies

He was the only astronaut to fly with three different NASA programs, in a career spanning 42 years.

07/01/2018

World News

Rare supermoon delights stargazers on New Year's day

The impressive supermoon lit up the sky during the first night of 2018.

02/01/2018