Moon landing

China to send astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing

The Shenzhou-23 vessel is scheduled to launch using the Long March-2F Y23 carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, with three Chinese astronauts on board.

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.
 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

 THE LAST time Maccabi Tel Aviv made the group stage of the Champions League was 2015, when Eran Zahavi & Co. lost all six games to tough opponents.

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 The moon passes by Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spaceship ahead of its landing, February 24, 2025, in this screengrab taken from a video obtained from social media.

US firm Firefly scores its first moon landing with Blue Ghost spacecraft


SpaceIL reveals preliminary reasons behind Beresheet crash

"I am proud of SpaceIL's team of engineers for their wonderful work and dedication," said SpaceIL President Morris Kahn.

Far side of the moon by Beresheet, April 10, 2019

Beresheet was the Start-Up Nation at its best

Yes, the spacecraft reached the Moon, but it crash-landed, ending any contact with its handlers and any ability to have it serve experimental purposes from the Moon’s surface.

THE SURFACE of the moon as seen from Beresheet

Looking at the Moon from Jerusalem on April 11

Was the SpaceIL Beresheet Moon mission a success? Yes. On a scale of 1-10, we would give it an eight.

Beresheet takes a selfie minutes before touching down on the moon

On verge of space history, Beresheet fails to land safely on Moon

The State of Israel fell just short of becoming only the fourth member of a prestigious club of nations to complete the formidable task of landing a spacecraft on the lunar surface.

Beresheet takes a selfie minutes before touching down on the moon

Ben-Gurion Airport? Make sure you don't accidentally land on the moon

Israel is set to make history on Thursday night when the SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries' spacecraft Beresheet is scheduled to land on the moon.

Israel Airports Authority lists moon landing on its timetable, Ben Gurion Airport website on April 11th, 2019