World Jul 21 Pope Leo XIV marks 56th anniversary of moon landing with Vatican observatory visit, call to Buzz Aldrin By Associated Press
Science Feb 14 Analysis from Japan’s lunar spacecraft could shed light on moon’s origin A Japan space agency official says an unmanned spacecraft that landed on the moon last month has captured and transmitted data analyzing 10 lunar rocks, a greater-than-expected achievement. By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press
Science Jan 25 Japan’s 1st moon lander has hit its target, but it appears to be upside-down Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, touched down on the Moon early on Saturday. By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press
Science Jan 21 Japan has joined an elite club by landing on the moon. Here’s what others are doing Japan landed a spacecraft on the moon Saturday, a milestone that puts the country in a club previously occupied by only the United States, the Soviet Union, India and China. Here’s a look at high-profile recent and upcoming attempts, and… By Foster Klug, Associated Press
World Jan 19 Japan becomes the 5th country to land a spacecraft on the moon Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday. By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press
Jan 09 First human moon landing in over 50 years delayed to 2026 By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The news came barely an hour after a U.S. company abandoned its own attempt to land on the moon because of a fuel leak. Continue reading
Jan 08 Moon landing attempt by private company abandoned after ‘critical’ fuel leak By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A crippling fuel leak forced a U.S. company on Tuesday to give up on the first U.S. moon landing attempt in more than 50 years. Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch 6:15 The significance of India’s successful landing on the moon’s south pole By Amna Nawaz, Miles O'Brien, Mary Fecteau It was a historic day for India as it became the fourth country to land on the moon. It comes after a failed attempt in 2019 and just days behind a failed Russian lunar landing. Prime Minister Modi watched alongside… Continue watching
Aug 23 India becomes only the 4th country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press India made history by becoming the first country to touch down near the little-explored south pole region. Continue reading
Apr 25 Tokyo private company loses contact with moon lander moments before touchdown By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A Japanese company tried to land its own spacecraft on the moon early Wednesday, but its fate was unknown as flight controllers lost contact with it moments before the planned touchdown. Continue reading