History beyond the clouds: 1968 Earthrise photo and lunar landing images among 600 snaps being sold

It was a photo of Earth which put human existence into perspective. The 1968 ‘Earthrise’ image, which was taken by astronauts from NASA’s Apollo 8 mission, showed our planet as it looked from 240,000 miles away – a blue and white ball rising above the grey landscape of the moon and surrounded by pitch black. … Read more

Christina Milian turns heads in a bump-hugging jumpsuit while celebrating the Lunar New Year

Christina Milian turns heads as she wraps her baby bump in tight jumpsuit while celebrating the Year Of The Ox By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 19:19 GMT, 16 February 2021 | Updated: 19:20 GMT, 16 February 2021 She’s currently expecting her third child. And Christina Milian looked like quite the hot mama as she … Read more

David Beckham shares a video speaking Chinese to mark the start of Lunar New Year

David Beckham has shared a video speaking Mandarin – China’s official language, to mark the start of Lunar New Year. The former footballer, 45, posted the video on his Instagram for his 65.3million followers on Friday.  He donned a red jumper to mark the occasion as he shot a goal into the net at the … Read more

MasterChef: Melissa Leong says she’s looking forward to the Lunar New Year

MasterChef Australia judge Melissa Leong confirmed her split from husband Joe Jones in December, almost four years after they tied the knot in California. And the food critic, 40, has now penned an article for HuffPost Australia in which she reveals how she is eager to turn over a new leaf as the Lunar New … Read more

NASA is paying a Colorado startup just $1 to collect moon dust from the lunar surface in 2023

Space exploration is expensive, and NASA is always looking for ways to economize.  The US space agency will be saving some big bucks by paying a Colorado startup just $1 to collect soil samples from the moon. The company, Lunar Outpost, has agreed to send a rover to the lunar South Pole in 2023 to … Read more

China flies its flag on the moon: Beijing flaunts picture of its national emblem on lunar surface

China has flown its flag on the moon in a landmark show of force more than 50 years after America first planted its emblem on the lunar surface, as Beijing’s spacecraft Chang’e 5 makes its way back to Earth with the first lunar samples in decades.   Beijing’s space authority released the picture of the fabric … Read more

China lunar mission: Chang’e-5 starts its return journey to bring lunar samples back to Earth

China’s lunar probe Chang’e-5 has taken off from the moon to bring rock samples from the moon back to Earth, according to Chinese state media.   The Chang’e-5 lander-ascender combination displayed a Chinese national flag before successfully separating, reported Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.    The mission’s ascender reached the lunar orbit at 11.10pm Beijing time (3.10pm GMT) on … Read more

Probe to retrieve lunar rocks has landed on the Moon, officials confirm

A Chinese probe sent to gather 4.4lb of rocks from the surface of the Moon and return them to the Earth has landed successfully, according to Chinese officials. The Chang’e-5 probe set off for the Moon on November 24 and has now landed in the pre-selected landing area, according to a one-sentence government report. The … Read more

Lift-off! China launches its Chang’e-5 lunar mission to bring back rocks from the moon

China has launched its Chang’e-5 probe into space, which will set down on the moon to collect samples from the lunar surface.  The Long March-5 rocket took off around 3:35pm ET from the Wenchang launch site in Hainan province for what is a major advancement in the country’s space program. The probe is set to release a … Read more