missions to the moon

A photo of the SLS rocket with the Orion spacecraft on launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center during preparations for refueling. NASA photo, January 29, 2026

Unusually cold weather in Florida postponed Artemis 2's wet general reentry to Monday and the launch itself a week later.

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There are only three possible dates left for the February launch window: February 8, 10, and 11. If that is not possible, a postponement to March or April will be required.
Chandrayaan 3 mission logo. Courtesy of Indian Space Research Organization - ISRO

The Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan 3 has landed safely on the moon. Live Broadcast

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The spacecraft made history as the first to land on the south pole of the moon. India became only the fourth country to make a soft landing on the moon
[Courtesy: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center]

The water on the moon may be stationary and spread over a large area

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Recent visualization of the first Israeli spacecraft courtesy of spaceil.

SpaceIL: "Continuing the construction of the spacecraft to the moon and planning for a routine in 2018"

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Simulation of the Israeli spacecraft to the moon. Source: SpaceIL.

The Google Lunar X Prize contest will end without a winner

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Astronaut Gene Cernan on the lunar surface, next to an American flag sticking out of the lunar rover, December 2017. The ceremony to announce the American return to the moon took place yesterday, December 11, the day that marked the 45th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the lunar surface, the last manned mission in the Apollo program . Source: NASA / Harrison H. Schmitt.

Trump ordered NASA to return American astronauts to the moon

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Recent visualization of the first Israeli spacecraft courtesy of spaceil.

The first Israeli lunar spacecraft project is in danger of closing

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Illustration: Olga Prilipko Huber / Brown University.

New research has revealed that the depths of the moon are rich in water

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Simulation of the Dragon 2 spacecraft. Source: SpaceX.

SpaceX plans to launch two space tourists next year for a flight around the moon

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Eugene Cernan drives aboard the Lunar Rover during the Apollo 17 mission to the Moon, December 11, 1972. Source: NASA.

Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, has died

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The launch of the Chinese spacecraft Shanghai 3 to the moon. Photo: Chinese news agency Xinhua

The first Chinese spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon was launched

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Scale model of Yuto Credit: China News Service

Rabbit on the moon

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