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Chinese moon mission's sample haul includes exotic volcanic rocks
By Robert Lea published
Exotic rock fragments returned to Earth from the lunar surface by Chang'e 5 in 2020 hint at diversity in volcanic activity in the moon's distant past.

SpaceX launches Japanese lander, UAE rover to the moon
By Mike Wall published
On Sunday morning (Dec. 11), a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a private Japanese moon lander that's carrying a UAE rover, among other payloads.

SpaceX will launch Japanese moon lander, UAE rover early Sunday. Here's how to watch.
By Mike Wall published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Japanese lander and UAE rover to the moon early Sunday (Dec. 11), and you can watch the action live.

SpaceX to launch Japanese moon lander, UAE rover on Nov. 30
By Elizabeth Howell published
Tokyo-based ispace aims to pull off the first-ever soft landing on the moon by a private company — and its Hakuto-R lander will deploy a UAE rover, if all goes to plan.

'Power tower' rover to land on the moon by 2025
By Tereza Pultarova published
A "charger" rover that could supply power to robots exploring shaded craters on the moon's south pole will join expanding lunar infrastructure by 2025.

NASA needs a new moon car for off-roading astronauts at the lunar south pole
By John Loeffler published
NASA has begun the contracting process for the next-generation lunar rover to be used during the Artemia Moon missions, starting in 2024.

SpaceX launch of Japanese moon lander, UAE rover delayed to Nov. 22
By Mike Wall published
The Tokyo company ispace's Mission 1, which will carry a tiny moon rover for the United Arab Emirates, has been delayed about a week, to no earlier than Nov. 22.

Uranus moons beckon to plans for a NASA orbiter mission to the sideways world
By Meghan Bartels published
Uranus is a strange world, knocked on its side and with a lopsided magnetic field. Its moons may be even stranger.
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