BEIJING, March 1 (UPI) -- China's first unmanned lunar probe reached the moon's surface Sunday, completing its 16-month mission, Chinese sources said.
BANGALORE, India, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Chandrayaan-1 launched and landed its lunar probe Friday admitting India to the select group of countries that have put their hardware on the moon.
BANGALORE, India, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The Indian Space Research Organization said India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has reached its final operational orbit around the moon.
BEIJING, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- China, hailing its astronauts' successful spacewalk, has set its sights on a manned lunar landing when its current three-stage space program ends in 2020.
BEIJING, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- China has launched a satellite toward lunar orbit, the first step in its goal toward sending its own astronauts into space.
DULUTH, Minn., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Japanese space agency officials said Friday that the craft they've nicknamed Kaguya successfully entered orbit around the moon.
DARMSTADT, Germany, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The surface of the Moon may become more tangible as Europe's lunar satellite, the Smart 1 probe, has successfully completed its mission. The BBC reported Smart 1 has produced detailed maps of the Moon's chemical make-up from its 16-month mission.
LONDON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A European lunar orbiter is expected to smack into the moon Saturday night or early Sunday, officials said.
PARIS, March 22 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency has agreed to help India's space agency mount Chandrayaan-1, its first unmanned mission to the moon.
BEIJING, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- China has completed research and development on its first lunar satellite, scheduled for launch in 2006.
