China’s Chang’e-6 probe lifts off with samples from moon’s far side in historic first
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China's Chang'e 6 transfers moon samples to spacecraft in orbit
BEIJING (Reuters) -- China's Chang'e 6 probe transferred samples it collected from the moon's far side to a spacecraft in lunar orbit on Thursday, state news agency Xinhua reported.
SpaceX's Starship notches major flight test milestones, breaks up over Indian Ocean in final moments
SpaceX launched the third test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday and reached space, as the company pushed development of the mammoth vehicle past new milestones.
U.S.'s return to the moon is a first for a private company
(Reuters) -- A spacecraft built and flown by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines landed near the south pole of the moon on Thursday, the first U.S. touchdown on the lunar surface in more than half a century and the first ever achieved by the private sector.
Japan ‘Moon Sniper’ lands but power running low, space agency says
After a nail-biting 20-minute descent, space agency JAXA said its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) had touched down and communication had been established.