Japan's unmanned Moon lander has reactivated after encountering its second cold, two-week lunar night, and has sent back new images to Earth, according to Japan's space agency on Thursday (Mar 28).

Japan's unmanned moon lander wakes up after surviving second lunar night

Odysseus, an American lunar lander that had a doomed, wonky descent on the moon, sent its final image on Thursday before its power banks depleted, said Intuitive Machines (IM), the private company behind the project that saw America reach the Moon after over 50 years.

'Goodnight Odie': Wonky US Moon lander Odysseus goes dark with power banks depleted

Odysseus, the toppled US Spacecraft at the end of its fifth day (Tuesday, Feb 28) on the lunar surface, was still operational, reported Texas-based Intuitive Machines (IM).

'Quite the photographer': US lunar spacecraft Odysseus shares new pictures

The moon lander dubbed Odysseus is "alive and well" but resting on its side a day after its white-knuckle touchdown as the first private spacecraft ever to reach the lunar surface, and the first from the U.S. since 1972, the company behind the vehicle said on Friday. Watch to know more!

US: Moon lander Odysseus may have tipped sideways but is 'stable'

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully re-established communication with its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), bringing an end to a week of silence.

Japan's 'SLIM' lander resumes exploration of the moon's surface

Japanese moon lander 'SLIM' comes back to life and resumes mission

Ten days after its launch, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander fell back to Earth, ending a trip to the moon’s orbital distance and back that was doomed by a propellant leak.

Doomed Peregrine Moon lander falls back to Earth

An American spacecraft, which was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Monday (Jan 8) with an aim to perform a controlled landing on the Moon, has suffered a technical issue.

Peregrine Mission One: Private mission to land on Moon suffers ‘anomaly’ after entering safe operational state

Japan on Thursday (September 7) launched a rocket carrying what it plans to be the country's first successful Moon lander, as was seen in the live footage shared by the country's space agency.

Japan's 'Moon Sniper' lander blasts off into space after three postponements

Japan's launch of an H-IIA rocket, carrying a moon lander into space, has been postponed due to unfavourable wind conditions in the upper atmosphere, according to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), the operator of the rocket, media reports said.

Japan postpones 'Moon Sniper' mission due to wind conditions

In a race with India to the south pole of the moon, a potential source of water to support a future human presence there, Russia will launch its first lunar lander in 47 years on Friday. Four weeks after India launched its Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander, which is scheduled to settle at the pole on August 23, the launch will take place from the Vostochny cosmodrome, 3,450 miles (5,550 km) east of Moscow.

Russia to evacuate village as it ends up moon lander

A Japanese space startup ispace has launched its own private lander to the Moon aboard a SpaceX rocket. Ispace Inc's HAKUTO-R mission took off without incident from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Japan's ispace launches world's first commercial moon lander

It is a boom for private players in the space industry as they are aiming for the moon and Japan is the latest to join the bandwagon. A Tokyo based startup, Ispace, launched a spacecraft to the moon on Sunday.

Japan launches first commercial moon lander; NASA's lunar flashlight onboard as well

Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos wrote an open letter to NASA on Monday offering a $2 billion discount to allow his company to build a Moon lander. The human landing system (HLS) contract, worth $2.

Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion discount for Blue Origin’s lunar lander

NASA on Friday awarded a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to SpaceX. The goal is to put humans on the moon again, as early as 2024. Elon Musk’s SpaceX was picked by NASA over Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Dynetics Inc, a defence contractor.

Elon Musk's SpaceX wins NASA's $2.9 billion moon lander contract over Bezos' Blue Origin

US space agency NASA has found the debris of Chandrayaan 2's lander, Vikram, on the lunar surface, the agency tweeted late on Monday with images. The image (tweeted by NASA) shows the Vikram Lander impact point and associated debris field.

Chandrayaan-2: NASA satellite finds India’s Vikram Moon Lander, releases images of impact site

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