Lander
China completes lander test for first mars mission in 2020
China has developed the powerful Long March 5 rocket to transport the probe to Mars in 2020.
'Vikram' hasn't crashed, communication still on: Ex-ISRO Director
The Vikram lander was planned to land on the far side of the moon between 1:30 am to 2:30 am on the intervening night of Friday-Saturday.
After final manoeuvre, Chandrayaan-2 set for lander separation
Vikram (with rover 'Pragyan' housed inside) is expected to touch down on lunar surface on Sep 7, between 1.30 am and 2.30 am.
India ready for mission to the Moon on July 9, 2019
The mission will make India the fourth country in the world to land a spacecraft on the Moon.
Japanese space probe touches down on asteroid to collect samples
It is the second Japanese spacecraft to land on an asteroid after Hayabusa touched down on Itokawa in 2005.
Israel's first lunar lander launched from SpaceX rocket
Beresheet, about the size of a dishwashing machine, was one of three payloads carried aloft by the Falcon 9.
NASA's InSight lander 'hears' wind on Mars
Two sensors picked up the vibrations: an air pressure sensor inside the lander and a seismometer on the lander's deck
The asteriod is rocky: Japanese space rovers
Photos from Japanese space rovers show asteroid is rocky.