Moon landing

Engineers expect to lose contact with private US moon lander Odysseus, cutting the mission short by five days

Japan's Slim lands on Moon, facing a solar power crisis that limits mission time and tests JAXA's engineering skills

Pioneer of China's lunar exploration programme Ouyang Ziyuan debates significance of Indian achievement

NASA awarded SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon as early as 2024

Israel kicks off coronavirus vaccination drive with PM Netanyahu invoking 1969 lunar landing while being vaccinated

President Richard Nixon launched the US space shuttle programme in 1972 with the maiden voyage taking place in 1981

The government will officially inform the United States

Karnataka's former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy says Modi brought 'bad luck' to failed Indian space mission

Fawad Chaudhry says India can only reach the moon through Bollywood after second lunar mission ends in disaster

On July 16, 1969, Saturn V rocket set off from Florida carrying the first humans to the Moon

Vikram's 15-final descent "will be the most terrifying moments as we have never undertaken such a complex mission"

When the craft suffered an engine failure as it prepared to land

A YouTube user points out that a figure on the lunar surface is not wearing a spacesuit

'The selection begins today and it will last till the end of the year'